2011 media guide - SCCA Pro Racing

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2011 MEDIA GUIDE
www.world-challenge.com / www.world-challengetv.com
Table of Contents
2011 Schedule......................................................................................................... 4
WC Vision Information................................................................................................ 5
SCCA Pro Racing Information..................................................................................... 6
Media Services.......................................................................................................... 9
Style Guide............................................................................................................... 10
The Sponsors............................................................................................................ 11
The Circuits.............................................................................................................. 17
The Series................................................................................................................ 27
History..................................................................................................................... 32
2010 Season Recap.................................................................................................. 41
2010 GT Results....................................................................................................... 82
2010 GTS Results..................................................................................................... 84
2010 TC Results....................................................................................................... 86
The Drivers............................................................................................................... 89
The Cars................................................................................................................... 121
The Records.............................................................................................................. 147
Career Performance Charts......................................................................................... 148
Career Driver Records................................................................................................ 153
Manufacturer Records................................................................................................ 155
Circuit-by-Circuit Winners........................................................................................... 157
Season-by-Season Point Standings.............................................................................. 162
World Challenge is a registered trademark
of WC Vision, LLC.
Photography by SCCA Pro Racing, Mark
Weber/Exclusive Sports Car Photography
(314)583-8259.
All others are trademarks of Sports Car
Club of America.
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2011 World Challenge Media Guide
WC Vision’s Message
Dear Members of the Media,
This season marks the 22nd consecutive year for the World Challenge Championships and
I’m confident our unique brand of racing will provide you with exciting motorsports stories
to keep your audience engaged race after race.
In early 2010, we announced many changes that were aimed at building elements of the
series. This past off-season we signed a new partnership with Pirelli as the Official Tire
Supplier for the World Challenge Championships. Pirelli will supply all cars in the series
with the P Zero Racing Slick and P Zero Racing Rain tires beginning this season. Our relationship with our TV partner VERSUS continues in 2011, with all of our 12 races broadcast
in 90-minute or 2-hour, Saturday or Sunday afternoon timeslots. We continue to build our
fan initiative Sports Car Wars and car counts for our three classes, GT, GTS and Touring
Car, will grow and diversify with new manufacturers and platforms joining the series.
The World Challenge Championships are thrilling 50-minute sprints, featuring top-notch
drivers and teams, zero scheduled pit stops or driver changes. We are the only North
American sports car series featuring a standing start and top manufacturer platforms
including, new for 2011, Cadillac Racing returning to the series with two 2011 Cadillac
CTS-V Coupes. Our drivers, team leads, and officials are always accessible to give you that
quote or detailed information you require to complete your story.
We look forward to seeing you at our races this season and thank you for bringing World
Challenge to motorsports fans.
See you at the track,
Dave Drimmie, VP Marketing and Communications, WC Vision
Scott Bove, Director of Business Operations, WC Vision
Bob Woodhouse, Co-chair, WC Vision
Peter Cunningham, Co-chair, WC Vision
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SCCA Pro Racing’s Message
Dear Members of the Media,
Welcome to the 22nd season of the SCCA Pro Racing World Challenge Championships.
As you are already aware, this series has become an institution in North American motorsports. Where else but the GT class can you see Volvos competing (and winning championships) against the premier names in racing like Corvette, Porsche, Nissan, and Dodge
Viper? And we are pleased to welcome past champions Cadillac back for the 2011 season.
The entire series continues to grow. We’ll see larger fields in the GTS class this year, that
will see Ford Mustangs, Chevy Camaros, Porsche Cayman and a Mitsubishi EVO battle the
Acura TSXs of RealTime Racing. Last year, in its first season of a redesigned rules package, the Touring Car class saw a variety of cars take the track, including the Scion tC,
Volkswagen Jetta GTI, Honda Civic Si, Mazda RX-8 and many more. It will only get better
in 2011.
There are any number of stories available in our paddock, and our staff is available to help
you track them down. Champion drivers and crew chiefs are all around you, and there are
many lesser-known personal interest stories that involve drivers, crew members and even
our staff. Each one is waiting to be told – which ones will you find?
We sincerely thank you for the support you’ve shown us in the past and your coverage of
the World Challenge Championships in 2011. Please use our staff to get the help that you
need in covering the Series at this event and all season long.
Best Wishes,
Tom Campbell
President & CEO
SCCA Pro Racing
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2011 Schedule
2011 World Challenge Schedule
Date/Round
Venue
With
TV**
IndyCar
April 9
Mar. 25 – 27
Streets of St. Petersburg*
Rounds 1 & 2
St. Petersburg, FL
Apr. 15 - 17
Streets of Long Beach
Round 3
Long Beach, CA
Apr. 29 - May 1
Miller Motorsports Park
4:30 p.m.
IndyCar/ALMS
April 30
Co-Headliner
June 18
2:30 p.m.
Round 4
Tooele, UT
NASCAR West
3 p.m.
May 20 - 22
Mosport International Raceway*
Headliner
June 18
Rounds 5 & 6
Bowmanville, ON (Canada)
Aug. 5 - 7
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course*
Rounds 7 & 8
Lexington, OH
Aug. 26 - 28
Infineon Raceway*
Rounds 9 & 10
Sonoma, CA
Sept. 16 - 18
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
Round 11
Monteray, CA
Sept. 28 - Oct 1
Round 12
3 p.m.
IndyCar/ALMS
August 20
5 p.m.
IndyCar
September 18
3 p.m.
ALMS
October 29
Road Atlanta
ALMS, Petit Le
October 29
Braselton, GA
Mans Weekend
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
* Doubleheader
** TV Times Eastern, on Versus
Rnd. 5/6
Mosport
Rnd. 4
Miller
Rnd. 7/8
Mid-Ohio
Rnd. 9/10
Infineon
Rnd. 11
Mazda Raceway
Laguna Seca
Rnd. 12
Road Atlanta
Rnd. 3
Long Beach
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Rnd. 1/2
St. Petersburg
WC Vision Chairs & Staff
WC Vision
Peter Cunningham
WC Vision
Co-Chair
Bob Woodhouse
WC Vision
Co-Chair
Dave Drimmie
VP, Marketing &
Communications
TC Kline
Competition Director
Scott Bove
Director, Business
Operations
WC Vision
(416) 604-3113
[email protected]
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SCCA Pro
SCCA Pro Racing President & Staff
Interim SCCA Pro Racing President & CEO, Tom Campbell
Tom Campbell joined SCCA Pro Racing as interim president and CEO in January, 2011.
Campbell is a 35-year member of the Sports Car Club of America and a member of
the Mohawk-Hudson Region SCCA, his home region, and the Glen Region. He is currently
the Chairman of the Northeast Division Council, the leadership council for the Division’s 19
regions.
His familiarity with the Pro Racing Board stems from his service on the SCCA, Inc.,
Board of Directors from 1999 through 2004. During his six-year term, he served three years
as Corporate Treasurer and one year as the Chairman of the Board. During that time, he was
active with the Pro Racing Board of Directors and helped develop operating goals and long
range business plans.
Campbell recently retired after more than 40 years at the Knolls Atomic Power
Laboratory, a Department of Energy Laboratory operated by the Lockheed Martin Company.
The licensed professional engineer spent more than 35 of those years in engineering management positions related to the operation, training, maintenance and design of the Navy’s
nuclear power plants for submarines.
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SCCA Pro
Ken Brown
World Challenge
Technical Manager
Pat di Natale
World Challenge
Chief Steward
Dee Duncan
Events Coordinator
& Registrar
Melissa Flesher
Marketing Services
Manager
Kathy Maleck
Field Staff Manager
Jenny McAbee
Marketing &
Communications
Specialist
Eric Prill
VP, Marketing &
Communications
Robin Prill
Series Administrator
Mark Weber
Official Series
Photographer
Reece White
PR Manager
Ken Tripkos
Competition &
Technical Manager
Race and Technical Operations: Mike Hirner, George Housner, Kathy Maleck, Tom Mikwold,
Ed Pasquale, Mike Pasquale, Rick Wong
Assistant Chief Steward: Morris Hamm
Starters: Jerry Russet & Ken Silva
Timing & Scoring: Rich Lankford, Bruce Gary, Connie Peplowski
Announcer: Greg Creamer
Chaplain: Dan Lacy
Series Contact Information
SCCA Pro Racing • World Challenge • Mazda MX-5 Cup • VW Jetta Cup • Trans-Am
PO Box 19400 • 6700 SW Topeka Blvd., Bldg. 300, B Street • Topeka, KS 66619-0400
(800) 770-2055 toll-free • (785) 357-7223 phone • (785) 233-7223 fax
www.sccapro.com • www.world-challenge.com
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SCCA Pro
SCCA Pro Racing Information
General: SCCA Pro Racing® Ltd., is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sports Car Club of
America, Inc. – a 45,000-member organization dedicated to motorsports events. SCCA Pro
Racing sanctions several professional racing series: the World Challenge® Championships,
Trans-Am Series, Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup, Pro Spec Racer Ford, Pro Formula Enterprises
and the F2000 Championship Series. Each series holds events on high-profile race weekends and annually crowns champions.
World Challenge®: With three separate classes of competition (GT, GTS and Touring Car),
World Challenge is North America’s top production car-based championship. World Challenge
events are a maximum of 50 minutes start to finish, feature standing starts and the world’s
most popular manufacturers racing head-to-head. World Challenge competition was born
in the mid-1980s with the SCCA Endurance Championship, transforming into the World
Challenge in 1990.
SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am Series®: First running in 1966, the iconic Trans-Am Series
returned as a full professional program in 2010 for the first time since 2005. Running
90-mile sprint races, Trans-Am features 800-horsepower V8 “silhouette” cars including
the Jaguar XKR, Chevrolet Corvette and Camaro and Ford Mustang. This season, Trans-Am
returns to its roots with multi-class racing by adding the Trans-Am 2 (TA2) and Trans-Am 3
(TA3) classes, with rules based on SCCA Club Racing’s GT-2 and GT-3 classes.
SCCA Pro Racing Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup: Stepping up in place of the former
Mazdaspeed Miata Cup, the Mazda MX-5 Cup made its debut in 2006. Featuring grids of
30-plus Mazda MX-5s on spec tires, MX-5 Cup is part of the MAZDASPEED Motorsports
Development Ladder. Each year, an amateur racing Champion earns a ride in the MX-5 Cup
and the MX-5 Cup Champion earns a ride in a series on the next step of the development
ladder.
Pro Spec Racer Ford: The popular entry-level professional series returns in 2011, featuring
the SCCA Enterprises-built Spec Racer Ford, a single-seat, purpose-built sports racing car
with an emphasis on vehicle parity.
Pro Formula Enterprises: Making its professional debut is the rapidly growing Formula Car
offering from SCCA Enterprises. The 2.3-liter open wheel car is a great platform for the
driver looking to advance up the motorsports ladder.
Formula 2000: The F2000 Championship Series is aimed at filling the void in entry-level,
single-seat road racing. The F2000 Championship Series provides an alternative for a wide
spectrum of Formula Continental competitors currently racing in both amateur and professional events.
Founded: SCCA was founded in February 1944. SCCA Pro Racing was separated into a
wholly owned, for-profit subsidiary in December 1993.
First Professional SCCA Event: February 3, 1963 at Daytona International Speedway.
United States Road Racing Championship. Jim Hall was the winner.
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Media Services
Media Credentials: The World Challenge Communications Department does not issue media
credentials for individual events. Single-event credentials are the responsibility of the
respective race circuit. We recommend that you place your credential request at least 30
days in advance of the event. Policies vary from track to track, but we recommend that you
contact the circuit in writing, on your company letterhead.
Photo Credentials: World Challenge does not issue photo or video credentials. All requests
for photographic access must be made to the media relations representative at each specific track.
Trackside Services: The World Challenge Communications department offers members of
the media a running record of race-weekend activities – ranging from driver quotes to pit
reports – to keep you informed of all activities. All statistical reports – practice times, qualifying grids and race results – are distributed to the media after each session. After qualifying sessions and races, the top drivers are brought to the media facility for interviews.
Closed-circuit video and timing and scoring monitors are available in the media centers.
Any special needs, such as private telephone lines or sound booths, should be arranged
through the circuit’s media relations representative at each specific track.
News and Sports TV Access: World Challenge encourages news and sports coverage of its
events. A broadcast-quality feed is usually available at the TV compound. News/sports organizations may record the feed for race highlights provided they abide by certain limitations
and courtesy the host network (Versus).
Interviews of Drivers and Officials: World Challenge Communications will arrange driver
interviews, either in-person or via telephone, on request. Interviews of SCCA Pro Racing
officials (President, Chief Steward, Competition Director, etc.) must be arranged through
the Communications Department.
Pit/Paddock Restrictions: Safety and insurance regulations require SCCA Pro Racing to
enforce the following guidelines in restricted areas such as the hot pits and paddock: (1)
Shorts are not permitted; (2) Shirts and shoes are required; (3) Smoking is prohibited at all
times; and (4) Access over the pit wall during events is prohibited.
Electronic News Distribution: World Challenge Communications is equipped to send publicity releases and race results via e-mail. Requests should be directed to World Challenge
Communications.
Photography/B-roll: World Challenge offers B-roll and digital still photography upon request.
Photographers/Videographers: Keep in mind that your assignments are potentially dangerous. Photographers/ videographers should always check with the respective track PR reps
for shooting locations, as shooting areas are restricted.
Don’t question the authority of an official in regard to shooting locations. If you disagree
with an official’s assessment of the situation, return to the event media center and contact
World Challenge Communications or event PR representatives.
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Media Services
Members of the Media: Welcome to World Challenge. We thank you for your interest and
look forward to serving you throughout the season. Our role is to provide you the most thorough and up-to-date information and assist you in your coverage needs. If you have any
questions or requests, please don’t hesitate to contact us (see pg. 5).
Style Guide
Style Guide
First Usage:
World Challenge® Championships
SCCA Pro Racing
WC Vision
P Zero Racing Slick and P Zero Racing Rain tires
Second Usage:
World Challenge
SCCA Pro
WCV
Pirelli or P Zero Racing Slick or P Zero Racing Rain Tire
The term World Challenge is all-encompassing, including the separate class races held each
weekend GT, GTS and Touring Car.
First Usage:
World Challenge GT Championship
World Challenge GTS Championship
World Challenge Touring Car Championship
Second Usage:
WC GT
WC GTS
WC TC
Other SCCA Pro Racing Style
First Usage:
SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am Series
SCCA Pro Racing Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup
F2000 Championship Series
Second Usage:
Trans-Am
MX-5 Cup
F2000
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Official Sponsors
Bob Bondurant School Of High Performance Driving
www.bondurant.com
Invisible Glass
www.invisibleglass.com
Invisible Glass Premium Glass Cleaner is the #1 selling auto glass
cleaner in North America! In 2011, Invisible Glass continues to
support the World Challenge Championships as an official sponsor and will help teams “Make Glass INVISIBLE” with product kit
prizes. Visit InvisibleGlass.com for a complete line of glass care products, as well as free
samples, tips, prizes, and more.
Nissan North America
Official Safety Vehicle, MaNUfacturer Sponsor
www.nissanusa.com
Since Nissan first came to the United States to sell vehicles in 1958
they have built a strong reputation in the American market. Nissan
prides itself on having what it takes to build cars and trucks with the
power to change both the way you view the world and the way you
move in it. Likewise, Nissan has a long heritage with the World Challenge Championships,
including the 1993 Class A Drivers’ Championship with Elliott Forbes-Robinson in a 300ZX
and Peter Cunningham’s race winning Sentra SE-R in 2003 and 2004. Nissan returns to
World Challenge in 2011 as a manufacturer sponsor in support of its Nissan GT-R cars
competing in the World Challenge GT Championship.
OPTIMA Batteries
www.optimabatteries.com
OPTIMA Batteries, manufactured by Johnson Controls, Inc.,
provides industry-leading batteries which represent premium
performance. OPTIMA will continue to strengthen its position
in the aftermarket performance automotive industry by maintaining the position of Official
Battery of the World Challenge Championships. OPTIMA Batteries will also continue to
offer awards for all podium finishing teams.
Pirelli
TITLE SPONSOR
www.us.pirelli.com
Pirelli Tire North America designs, develops, manufactures and markets tires for passenger vehicles in both
the original equipment and replacement markets as well as markets and distributes tires
for motorcycles and motorsports. Its Rome, Georgia manufacturing facility features Pirelli’s
Modular Integrated Robotized System (MIRS), which employs state-of-the-art technology to
manufacture tires for both export and domestic markets.
Pirelli’s motorsport excellence is based on a tradition of innovation and reliability in
competition and is the number one tire choice for the world’s most exciting racing series.
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Sponsors
The Bob Bondurant School of High Performance
Driving is the Official Driving School of the World
Challenge Championships. The prestigious driving school has signed on for several ventures
with the series this year including transferable gift certificate awards for each race winner.
For the fans, $500 gift certificates will be raffled off at each event, and a fantasy racing
league (www.world-challenge.com/fantasyleague/) with a four-day racing school awarded to
the winner.
Sponsors
Pirelli Tire North America has been selected as the Official Tire Supplier for the World
Challenge Championships and will supply all cars in the World Challenge GT, GTS and
Touring Car categories with the P Zero Racing Slick and P Zero Racing Rain tires
beginning in 2011.
PrivacyStar
www.privacystar.com
PrivacyStar is the only complete privacy and preference service available for smartphones.
PrivacyStar, is an all-in-one privacy application, bringing unlimited call blocking, text
blocking, Do Not Disturb, Caller ID, one-step complaint filing against telemarketers and
debt collectors right from your phone. In 2010, PrivacyStar blocked over 100 million calls
for customers, filed over 110,000 complaints with the Federal Trade Commission and provided Caller ID for over 15 million calls. PrivacyStar is easy to download and available in
Blackberry App World and Android Market or through our website.
Race-Kepper
www.race-keeper.com
Race-Keeper is the Official Video Data System of the World
Challenge Championships. Manufactured by Trivinci Systems,
LLC, Race-Keeper is one of the world’s most capable and trusted providers of video data
loggers. Race-Keeper combines the power of high-resolution video and data from multiple
sources in one easy-to-use video data package. As part of the sponsorship, Race-Keeper
will deliver its professional-grade systems to provide data and video for the series’ television broadcasts on Versus and to series officials for incident resolution. Race-Keeper will
also provide Race-Keeper Comparo driver development software to the teams for race
analysis and instruction.
Stoptech
www.StopTech.com
StopTech, the ultra-performance division of
Centric Parts, is a leading innovator of world-class
brake components and systems for production-based racing cars and high performance
vehicles on the street and track. StopTech was the first to offer balanced brake upgrades
for production cars and remains the worldwide leader with more than 700 platform offerings to dramatically improve overall braking performance. StopTech Trophy Sport Brake
Systems are available through motorsports distributors and performance automotive aftermarket retailers.
As the Official Brake System of World Challenge, all series teams will have the option of
using StopTech brake systems. As part of the partnership, the StopTech logo will also
appear on all World Challenge number boards.
Sunoco
www.racegas.com
Sunoco, the largest manufacturer of racing gasoline in the world and
the Official Fuel of the World Challenge Championships, has a long
track record of winning performance. Recognized as the leader in the
race fuel industry, Sunoco sets the standard with every gallon of every
blend. More engine builders, racers, tracks and sanctioning bodies
choose Sunoco than all other racing gasoline combined! Sunoco’s track-proven fuels are
designed to provide exceptional performance, quality and consistency.
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Volkswagen
Volkswagen is one of the world’s largest producers of passenger cars,
and Europe’s largest automaker. For over 45 years, Volkswagen has
been a dominating force in various forms of motorsports around the
world. Today, VW continues to write racing history by focusing on
a commitment to bring clean diesel technology to the race track.
Volkswagen is the Official Pace Vehicle of the World Challenge Championships, and a
manufacturer sponsor offering major contingency support for all Volkswagen teams competing in Touring Car.
Manufacturer Sponsors
Acura
Manufacturer Sponsor, Contingency Sponsor
www.acura.com
One of the leading manufacturers of high-performance sport
compacts, sedans and sports cars, Acura returns to the World
Challenge Championships as a manufacturer contingency sponsor. A division of American Honda, Acura has contributed to
the company’s 14 Manufacturers’ Championships in 19 years - more than any other manufacturer. Acura has won races in the GT, GTS and Touring Car classes, and its 81 wins currently rank first all-time for an individual marque.
Cadillac
MANUFACTURER SPONSOR
www.cadillac.com
The Cadillac V-Series vehicles are among the best and highest performing luxury performance cars in the world and there is no better place
than the race-track to highlight Cadillac’s performance capabilities.
The CTS-V Coupe racecar is based on the award-winning V Series line
of vehicles, with a body structure directly off the assembly line. While some components
have been modified due to the unique demands of racing, we made every effort to maintain
as much production content as possible. The CTS-V Coupe racecar establishes that the
V-series is the World’s Fastest Family of cars and solidifies Cadillac as the New Standard of
the World.
Ford
Manufacturer, Contingency Sponsor
www.fordracing.com
Ford North America Motorsports (“Ford Racing”), based
in Dearborn, Michigan, is responsible for major racing
operations in North America, including NASCAR (Sprint
Cup, Nationwide Series, Camping World Trucks), World Challenge Championships, Grand
American sports car racing, NHRA drag racing, RallyCar and action sports (e.g., Formula
Drift, X Games). The department also oversees the development and marketing of Ford
Racing Performance Parts, with products ranging from performance packs, crate engines,
and components to fully-engineered turnkey race cars. Ford Racing also manages all grassroots contingency awards programs, the outreach programs with all Ford Clubs and Ford
performance enthusiasts, and the marketing of the Ford Racing brand.
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Sponsors
Official Pace CAR, Manufacturer Sponsor,
Contingency Sponsor
www.vw.com
Honda
MANUFACTURER, CONTINGENCY SPONSOR
www.honda.com
Sponsors
American Honda continues its World Challenge Championships
manufacturer contingency sponsorship for the 2011 season. Honda won consecutive World Challenge Touring Car
Manufacturers’ Championships from 1993-96, as well as Drivers’
Championships in both 1995 and 1996.
Mazda
CONTINGENCY SPONSOR
www.mazdaspeeddevelopment.com
Mazda manufacturers a full line of cars, including the Mazda3, Mazda6,
and RX-8 which compete in the World Challenge Championships. Mazda
captured its first-ever World Challenge Touring Car titles in 2007, claiming both the Manufacturers’ and Drivers’ Championships. Mazda returns
to the World Challenge Championships as a contingency sponsor for the
2011 season.
Porsche
www.porschemotorsport.com
Porsche will continue its support of the World Challenge Championships and the competitors running in Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars (911 Type 997) by returning as a manufacturer
sponsor in 2011. Porsche has won eight Manufacturers’ Championship titles in the last 17
years, garnering 51 wins to rank fourth all-time.
Volvo
www.volvocars.com/us
Volvo returns to the World Challenge Championships in 2011 as a manufacturer sponsor in
support of the Volvo S60s competing in the GT class and the C30s competing in Touring
Car. Volvo claimed its first Manufacturers’ Championship title in 2010. A truly stunning
ride, the S60 is a perfect marriage of art and engineering. For over 80 years, Volvo has
been recognized as the leader in automotive safety. Today, we are driven by other things
too: a desire to build cars that are less damaging to the environment, cars that make excitement the rule rather than the exception, and above all, a commitment to delivering premium quality and innovative design for our drivers, for their passengers, for everyone – for life.
Contingency Sponsors/Partners
Airgas
www.airgas.com
Airgas has long been the main air and nitrogen supplier to professional race teams and offers both service and contingency
sponsorship to teams participating in the World Challenge Championships.
AST Suspension
www.ast-usa.com
While relatively new to North America, AST Suspension has
been developing street and race dampers since 2001. Whether
it’s the 24 Hours of Dubai, the deserts of Dakar, or the local autocross, AST uses its 40
years of industry experience to keep tires on the pavement regardless of application. In
2011, AST will continue to show its strength in the motorsports industry by offering contingency awards for all World Challenge Championships teams.
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BBS
www.bbs-usa.com
Forgeline
www.forgeline.com
The highest in strength, quality and performance,
Forgeline wheels have been mounted on winning cars
in World Challenge Championships competition for years. For 2011, Forgeline Motorsports
returns to the World Challenge Championships as a contingency sponsor for the World
Challenge GT, GTS and Touring Car Championships.
Grassroots Motorsports Magazine
FANGUIDE & MEDIA PARTNER
www.grassrootsmotorsports.com
Grassroots Motorsports is the how-to magazine for the serious
sports car enthusiast. In-depth project car technical articles, hard-hitting comparison tests,
and detailed event coverage fill each issue of GRM to help real-world sports car enthusiasts
get race car performance out of their own cars. To receive a free trial copy of Grassroots
Motorsports, request one online at www.grassrootsmotorsports.com/try/ or call the magazine’s offices at 800-520-8292. In 2011, Grassroots Motorsports Magazine will produce
the World Challenge Fanguide – 50,000 copies of the Fanguide will be polybagged with
subscriber copies of the June issue of GRM.
Hawk Performance
www.hawkperformance.com
In 2002, Hawk Corporation and Sports Car Club of America
Inc. announced an agreement naming Hawk Performance the Official Brake Products of
SCCA. Hawk Performance is one of the world’s top brake friction manufacturers for the
motorsports, performance automotive, fleet, powersports, industrial, military and aerospace
markets. For the 2011 season, Hawk will continue to provide contingency payouts for World
Challenge Championships teams performing with their product.
Hubstands
www.bbxracing.com
HUBStands, a leading product of BBX Racing Ltd., is an official contingency sponsor of the
2011 World Challenge Championships. HUBStands are a truly unique product that allow
racers to set all of the car’s suspension parameters directly at the hubs; all together and all
with the wheels off and out of the way. Developed by racers, with engineering expertise
from the University of Buffalo, HUBStands make the complete set up process way faster
and far more accurate than ever before.
Stäubli Corporation
www.staubli.com/en/connectors/market-solutions/motorsports
Stäubli Corporation is a mechanical solutions provider and
manufacturer with three dedicated divisions: textile machinery, connectors and robotics. Stäubli’s motorsports products provide high performance connections for all segments of motorsports with applications for hydraulic, pneumatic, air and
all fluid applications. Stäubli will offer payouts to GT, GTS, and Touring Car teams performing with their product.
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Sponsors
BBS celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2010 leading the way in
motorsport and alloy wheel production. Nowhere are demands
higher or stresses greater than they are in motor racing. Leading auto manufacturers such
as Porsche, Ferrari, BMW, Audi, VW, Ford and Chrysler to name a few use BBS as original
equipment. For the 2011 season, BBS of America will offer contingency awards to teams
competing in World Challenge GT and GTS.
Speedcast Productions
Sponsors
Internet Broadcast Partner
www.speedcasttv.com
Founded in 2006, Speedcast Productions is at the cutting-edge of the streaming video
revolution. Leveraging extensive live production capabilities, powerful online tools and
relationships throughout the television industry, Speedcast has created the most comprehensive and cost-effective video production and delivery program in motorsports. In 2010,
Speedcast Productions will carry all 12 World Challenge Championships races for free at
SpeedcastTV.com after each event airs on Versus.
Versus
TV Broadcast Partner
www.versus.com
The 2010 World Challenge Championships will air on VERSUS, the fastest growing sports cable network in the country. This year’s 90-minute telecasts will air on Saturdays and Sundays and will showcase high-quality production, renowned
announcers providing color commentary as well as feature segments with behind-the-scenes
footage.
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CIRCUITS
St. Petersburg
Honda Grand Prix of St.
Petersburg & Acura Sports Car
Challenge of St. Petersburg
presented by Pirelli
Where
Streets of St. Petersburg
When
March 25 – 27, 2011
The Circuits
Track Specs
14-turn street course
1.8 miles
Defending Champions (2010)
Race 1:
GT: Randy Pobst (Volvo)
GTS: Peter Cunningham (Acura)
TC: Todd Buras (Volkswagen)
Directions (Tampa):
I-275 south
I-175 east via (left) exit 22
Keep left onto 5th Avenue S.
Track is at 1st Street S. and 5th Avenue S.
Media Center:
Sun Pavilion Room
2nd Floor, Mahaffey Theater
Public Relations Contact:
Paul Vaillancourt III,
Press Officer
[email protected]
Cell: (514) 996-6224
www.gpstpete.com
Race 2:
GT: Dino Crescentini (Porsche)
TC: Todd Buras (Volkswagen)
Media Credentials Contact
Paul Vaillancourt III
[email protected]
Cell: (514) 996-6224
Office Address
25 Second St. N, Suite 160
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
General Manager
Tim Ramsberger
Operations
Dale Dillon and Bruce Leer
Hospitality and Sales
Jeff Atkinson
Records
GT
GTS
TC
Qualifying Lap
1:17.796 (83.294 mph)
Lou Gigliotti, Chevrolet
Corvette, 2006
Qualifying Lap
1:25.605 (75.696 mph)
Peter Cunningham, Acura TSX,
2010
Qualifying Lap
1:28.821 (72.955 mph)
Mark Hein, Honda Civic Si,
2010
Race Lap
1:19.054 (81.969 mph)
Robin Liddell, Porsche 911
GT3, 2005
Race Lap
1:25.687 (75.624 mph)
Brandon Davis, Acura TSX,
2010
Fastest Race Lap
01:28.022 (73.618 mph)
Todd Buras, VW Jetta GLI,
2010
Closest Margin of Victory
0.241-second, Tommy Archer
over Robin Liddell, 2005
02.695 Seconds, Peter
Cunningham over Brandon
Davis, 2010
13.157 Seconds, Todd Buras
over Robert Stout, 2010
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Long Beach
Toyota Grand Prix of Long
Beach & Pirelli World Challenge
Grand Prix of Long Beach
presented by StopTech
Where
Streets of Long Beach, Calif.
When
April 15 – 17, 2011
Directions (LAX):
Century Blvd. E to San Diego Freeway (I-405)
S, follow Long Beach road signs to Long Beach
Freeway (I-710) S. Exit at Broadway. Course is
downtown near the Long Beach Conv. Center.
Media Center:
Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center
Seaside Meeting Rooms
Chris Esslinger
562-490-4514
562-981-2632 - fax
[email protected]
www.gplb.com
The Circuits
Track Specs
11-turn street course
1.968 miles
Defending Champions
GT: Kuno Wittmer (Dodge)
GTS: Tyler McQuarrie (Lotus)
TC: Robert Stout (Scion)
Chris Esslinger
3000 Pacific Avenue
Long Beach, CA 90806
Requests by U.S. Mail only
Deadline: March 19
Office Address
3000 Pacific Avenue
562-981-2600
Track Address
Long Beach Conv. Center
300 E. Ocean Blvd.
General Manager
Jim Michaelian
Marketing
Mike Clark
Records
GT
GTS
TC
Qualifying Lap
1:24.971 (83.379 mph)
Kuno Wittmer, Dodge Viper,
2010
Qualifying
1:31.457 (77.466 mph)
Tyler McQuarrie, Lotus Exige
S, 2010
Qualifying
1:36.938, (73.085 mph)
Nick Wittmer, HPD Honda
Civic Si
Race Lap
1:25.797 (82.576 mph)
Kuno Wittmer, Dodge Viper,
2010
Race Lap
1:33.488 (75.783 mph)
Tyler McQuarrie, Lotus Exige
S, 2010
Race Lap
1:37.751 (72.478 MPH),
Robert Stout
Closest Margin of Victory:
49.535 Seconds, Tyler
McQuarrie over Nick Esayian
TC Margin of Victory
19.666 Seconds, Robert Stout
over Eric Meyer
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Pirelli World Challenge Utah
Grand Prix presented by Bob
Bondurant School of High
Performance Driving
Where
Tooele, Utah
When
April 29 – May 1, 2011
The Circuits
Track Specs
15-turn road course
3.048 mles
Directions (Salt Lake City):
25 minutes from Salt Lake City Int’l Airport
I-80 W to Hwy 36, right on Hwy 138 and left on
Sheep Ln.
Media Center:
2nd floor of GP Building
John Gardner
Media Manager
435-277-8101
[email protected]
www.millermotorsportspark.com
GT: Kuno Wittmer (Dodge)
Apply online at www.millermotorsportspark.com/media
Office Address
2901 N. Sheep Lane
Tooele, UT 84047
435-277-8000
435-277-8008 (fax)
Track Address
Same as office address
Senior Vice President/General
Manager
John Larson
Records
GT
GTS
TC
Qualifying Lap
1:56.380 (94.284 mph)
Tommy Archer, Dodge Viper,
2008
Qualifying Lap
2:06.834 (86.513 mph)
2010
Qualifying Lap
2:12.114 (83.055 mph)
Taylor Hacquard,
MAZDASPEED3, 2010
Race Lap
1:57.628 (93.284 mph), Jeff
Courtney, Dodge Viper, 2008
Race Lap
2:08.883 (85.137 mph)
Ben Crosland, Ford Mustang,
2010
Fastest Race Lap
2:14.096 (81.828 mph), Taylor
Hacquard, MazdaSpeed3, 2010
00.346 Seconds, Kuno Wittmer
over Andy Pilgrim, 2010
3.810 Seconds, Cunningham
over Crosland, 2010
6.909 seconds, Robert Stout
over Pierre Kleinubing
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Mosport Int’l Raceway
Pirelli Victoria Day Speedfest
presented by Optima Batteries
Where
Mosport International Raceway
Bowmanville, Ont. (Canada)
When
May 20-22, 2011
Directions (Toronto):
Located 100km east of Toronto. North on
Highway 401 at Bowmanville. Take Durham 57
(exit 431) North to Regional Rd. 20, east to
Concession Rd. #10
Media Center:
Infield, adjacent to pitlane.
1st floor in Castrol Tower
905-983-9141
905-983-5195
Ryan Chalmers
Communications Co-ordinator ext 306
[email protected]
www.mosport.com
Defending Champions 2010
Race 1 GT: Randy Pobst (Volvo)
GTS: John Heinricy (Chevrolet)
TC: Chip Herr (Volkswagen)
Race 2 GT: Ron Fellows (Chevrolet)
GTS: John Heinricy (Chevrolet)
Ryan Chalmers
905-983-9141 x306
[email protected]
Office Address
Same as track address
Track Address
3233 Concession Road #10
Bowmanville, ON L1C 3K6
905-983-9141
905-983-5195 - fax
800-866-1072 - tickets
President and General Manager
Myles Brandt
VP, Sales and Marketing
Jerry Priddle
Records
GT
GTS
TC
Qualifying Lap
1:22.256 (107.620 mph)
Leighton Reese, Chevrolet
Corvette, 2005
Qualifying Lap
1:30.408 (97.916 mph)
2010
Qualifying Lap
1:35.442 (92.751 mph),
Robert Stout, Scion tC
Race Lap
1:23.828 (105.602 mph)
Ron Fellows, Chevrolet Corvette
Race Lap
1:30.763 (97.533 mph)
John Heinricy, Chevrolet
Corvette, 2010
Fastest Race Lap
1:35.865 (92.342 mph), Robb
Holland
0.244-second, David Farmer
over Peter Cunningham, 2002
14.201 Seconds, John Heinricy
over Tyler McQuarrie, 2010
00.224 Seconds, Chip Herr
over Tom Lepper
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The Circuits
Track Specs
10-turn road course
2.459 miles (3.95 km)
Mid-Ohio
Pirelli World Challenge
Mid-Ohio Grand Prix
presented by StopTech
Where
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
Lexington, Ohio
When
August 5 – 7, 2011
The Circuits
Track Specs
13-turn road course
2.258 miles
Directions (From Columbus):
I-71 N to Rte. 95 E. Rte. 95 two miles to Rte. 314
N for 15 miles. Right on Steam Corners Road. Track
one mile on left.
Media Center:
Second floor of Goodyear Tower.
419-884-4000 ext. 3032
419-884-3826 fax
Jesse Ghiorzi
[email protected]
614-793-4620
614-793-4621 fax
www.midohio.com
Defending Champions 2010
Race 1
GT: Mike Skeen (Chevrolet)
TC: Ryan Eversley (Mazda)
Race 2
GT: James Sofronas (Porsche)
TC: Ryan Eversley (Mazda)
Jesse Ghiorzi
TrueSports, Inc.
545 Metro Pl South Ste. 400
Dublin, Ohio 43017
614-793-4620
614-793-4621 (fax)
Deadline: July 26
Track Address
7721 Steam Corners Road
Lexington, Ohio 44904
419-884-4000
President
Michelle Trueman Gajoch
Event Operations
Mary Wier
Records
GT
GTS
TC
Qualifying Lap
1:25.624 (94.936 mph)
Eric Curran, Chevrolet Corvette,
2007
Qualifying Lap
1:33.579 (86.865 mph), Peter
Cunningham, Acura TSX
Qualifying Lap
1:37.788 (83.126 mph), Jason
Saini, MAZDASPEED3, 2010
Race Lap
1:27.296 (93,117 mph)
Mike Skeen, Chevrolet Corvette,
2010
Race Lap
1:34.600 (85.928 mph), Peter
Cunningham, Acura TSX, 2010
Fastest Race Lap
TC Fastest Race Lap: Ryan
Eversley 01:38.024 (82.926
mph)
00.151 Seconds, James
Sofronas over Andy Pilgrim
10.925 Seconds, Peter
Cunningham over Nick Esayian,
2010
03.577 Seconds, Ryan Eversley
over Jason Saini, 2010
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Infineon Raceway
Cadillac V Series World Challenge
Grand Prix of Sonoma
Where
Infineon Raceway
When
August 26 – 28, 2011
Track Specs
Road Course, 10-turn Road Course
1.99 miles
The Circuits
GT: Ricardo Imery (Porsche)
GTS: N/A
TC: Pierre Kleinubing (Acura)
Directions (San Francisco):
From Highway 101, merge onto Highway 37 East
toward Vallejo. Travel 8 miles until you reach the
intersection of Highways 37 and 121. Make a left
onto Highway 121 toward Sonoma. Gate 1 is onehalf mile ahead on your left, Gate 6 is 1.5 miles
ahead on the right and Gate 7 is 1.5 miles ahead
on left.
Media Center:
Media Center is located in the main paddock,
adjacent to pit lane.
Diana Brennan
Senior Manager,
Media & Community Relations
707-933-3918
[email protected]
Track Address
29355 Arnold Dr.
Sonoma, California 95476
President & General Manager
Steve Page
Diana Brennan
Senior Manager, Media & Community Relations
707-933-3918
[email protected]
www.infineonraceway.com
Records
Note
New World Challenge records will be set in 2011 (track configuration has changed since
World Challenge last raced at Infineon).
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Pirelli World Challenge
Grand Prix of Monterey
presented by Grassroots
Motorsports Magazine
Where
The Circuits
When
September 16 – 18, 2011
Track Specs
11 turns Road Course, 2.238 miles
Directions (from San Francisco):
Highway 101 South: Take the Monterey-Peninsula/
Sanborn Rd exit (Salinas). Travel West (right turn
off freeway) on Sanborn Rd to South Main St./Hwy
68. Make left turn on to Hwy 68. Travel West on
Hwy 68 for approximately 10 miles. Main entrance
will be on the right.
Media Center:
The Media Center is located in the paddock, adjacent to pit lane on drivers/riders left.
Credentials Committee
P.O. Box 2078
Monterey, CA 93942
[email protected]
831.373.0533 (fax)
831.242.8216 (phone)
GT: James Sofronas (Porsche)
GTS: (N/A)
TC: Pierre Kleinubing (Acura)
Credentials Committee
[email protected]
831.242.8216 (phone)
831.373.0533 (fax)
Track Address
1021 Monterey-Salinas Highway,
Salinas, CA 93908
Vice President Event Operations
Ann Bixler
www.mazdaraceway.com
Records
GT
GTS
TC
Qualifying Lap
1:28.463 (91.075 mph),
Leighton Reese, Chevrolet
Corvette, 2006
New records will be set in 2011
Race Lap
1:30.306 (89.216), Max
Angelelli, Cadillac CTS-V, 2006
0.031-seconds, Randy Pobst
over Ricardo Imery, 2006
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Road Atlanta
Cadillac V Series World Challenge
Grand Prix at Road Atlanta
Where
Road Atlanta
When
September 28 – October 1, 2011
Track Specs
12-turn Road Course, 2.54-miles
Directions (from Atlanta):
Take I-85 to Exit 129. Go West on Highway 53
approximately 5.5 miles. Road Atlanta is on the left.
Media Center:
Main Timing Tower
Megan Ernst
Marketing Coordinator and Promotions Manager
[email protected]
770-967-6143
The Circuits
GT: Andy Pilgrim, (Volvo)
GTS: N/A
TC: Seth Thomas, (BMW)
Media Credential Contact
Megan Ernst
Marketing Coordinator and
Promotions Manager
[email protected]
770-967-6143
Track Address
5300 Winder Highway
Braselton, Georgia 30517
1-800-849-RACE
President
Geoff Lee
www.roadatlanta.com
Records
GT
GTS
TC
Qualifying Lap
1:25.689 (106.711 mph),
Randy Pobst, Porsche 911 GT3,
2007
Race Lap
1:27.971 (103.943 mph), Max
Papis, Cadillac CTS-V, 2005
0.243-second, Max Angelelli
over Robin Liddell, 2004
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WORLD CHALLENGE
World Challenge Series Facts
Purpose: The purpose of the World Challenge Championships is to provide teams, manufacturers and aftermarket suppliers a competitive production-based race series in which to
prove their products.
Race Length: There is a 50-minute maximum time limit for every race, with the number of
laps and total distance being determined by track configuration, lap times and race conditions.
The Series
Homologation of Vehicles: In addition to the general series rules that apply to all homologated vehicles, each vehicle model that is homologated into the World Challenge Series
has a set of specifications assigned to it on a Vehicle Technical Specification sheet (VTS)
in order to give equivalent overall performance capabilities to a wide range of vehicles.
Adjustments to a vehicle’s VTS sheet will be made until a competitive package is developed. Vehicles may be submitted for homologation up to a year before it goes on general
sale to the public, and until that particular body style goes out of production throughout
the world.
Eligibility: Cars that have been homologated for competition in the World Challenge Series
are eligible for a full-year of competition from the time it is homologated, until that particular body style has been out of production throughout the world for four (4) years. After a
body style has been out of production for four (4) years, it may continue to compete in no
more than five (5) races total with a single driver, for an additional three (3) years.
Competition Adjustments: In order to keep the competition close within the World
Challenge series, competition adjustments will be made to a vehicle model when deemed
necessary. Competition adjustments will primarily be done through adjustments to the base
weight, the engine speed limit and/or the required restrictor size.
R.E.W.A.R.D.S. System: Rewarding of Equalizing Weight Assigned to Reduce Driver
Sensitivity, referred to as “REWARDS Weight,” is a weight equalization system based on
the addition and subtraction of ballast weight based on the finishing position of individual
drivers in the previous race(s). The goal of the REWARDS System is to provide close ontrack competition between a diverse variety of cars in the top third of the field. REWARDS
System weight adjustments are in effect for the next race in which a driver competes in the
same class. The maximum additional weight is 7% in GT and GTS and 5% in Touring Car.
Weight adjustments (in pounds) are as follows:
GT and GTS
1st 2nd +2.25% +1.5%
3rd 4th – 5th
+0.75% 0 TC (TOURING CAR)
1st 2nd 3rd 4th – 5th
+1.5% +1% +0.5%, 0 6th 7th
0.75% -1.5%
6th -0.5%
7th
-1%
Manufacturers’ Championship Points: Only those car manufacturers that are corporate
members are eligible to receive points toward the Manufacturers’ Championship. Points are
awarded to a manufacturer based on its highest finishing position in each class. Points are
disbursed as follows: 1st, 9 pts; 2nd, 7; 3rd, 5; 4th, 3; 5th, 2; 6th, 1. One point is also
awarded to the pole position-winning manufacturer.
Drivers’ Championship Points: A Drivers’ Champion will be named in each class. Points are
awarded to the drivers based on their finishing position in each class. The points for all28
races are awarded as follows: 1st, 130 pts.; 2nd, 110; 3rd, 95; 4th, 85; 5th, 80; 6th, 76;
7th, 72; 8th, 68; 9th, 64; 10th, 60; 11th, 57; 12th, 54; 13th, 51; 14th, 48; 15th, 45;
16th, 43; 17th, 41; 18th, 39; 19th, 37; 20th, 35; 21st, 33; 22nd, 31; 23rd, 29; 24th,
27; 25th, 25; 26th, 23; 27th, 21; 28th, 19; 29th, 17; 30th, 15; 31st, 13; 32nd, 11;
33rd, 9; 34th, 7; 35th, 6; 36th, 5; 37th, 4; 38th, 3; 39th, 2; 40th, 1.
In addition to the base point system, five points will be awarded to any driver who leads
a lap in each class and five points to the driver who leads the most laps in each class per
race. In case of a tie, the driver with the highest finishing position will be awarded the
points. In qualifying, a maximum of five points may be earned. The qualifying breakdown is
as follows: 1st, 15 pts.; 2nd, 12; 3rd, 9; 4th, 6; 5th, 3.
Zimmermann Cup: An annual award presented in the memory of multi-time Championship
winning crew chief Jerome Zimmermann (1967-2003) at season’s end to the crew chief
that best exemplifies the similar passion, dedication and success Zimmermann had in the
SCCA Pro Racing World Challenge. Past winners include: Dax Raub/3R-Racing (2003),
Jason Marks/Bimmerworld (2004), Tivadar Heinlein/Jon Groom Racing (2005), Louis
Gigliotti Jr./ LG Motorsports (2006), Nathan Bonneau/RealTime Racing (2007), Chris
Tindol, Tindol Motorsports (2008), Chris Willes/ACS Express Racing (2009), Rick Maxwell/
Woodhouse Performance (2010).
World Challenge Car Facts
Classes
Grand Touring (GT): The allowed body styles within this class are coupe, sedan and convertible. The cars permitted in GT are typically sold in the market as “sports” cars, “sport
touring” cars, or performance versions of “luxury” cars. Forced induction is permitted on
cars that come equipped with forced induction stock, or on cars that SCCA Pro Racing has
determined need help reaching the target horsepower range. Power output ranges from 425
– 525 hp. Weight varies depending on power output and tire size. All of the vehicles in GT
are rear-wheel drive or all-wheel drive.
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The Series
Rookie of the Year: The GT, GTS and Touring Car Championships will recognize the Rookie
driver scoring the most points as its Rookie of the Year. A rookie is someone who has
started no more than three races in a given season or five in his/her career and has not won
a race. Additionally, drivers with significant experience in other forms of racing at an equal
level of World Challenge are not eligible for rookie status, despite how few races they may
have run in the series.
Jim Cook Memorial Trophy: An annual award honoring the memory of James Edwin Cook
(1939 – 1985) is presented at season’s end to an entrant/driver who has made significant contributions to the overall success of the SCCA Pro Racing World Challenge
Championships through promotional activities and a consistent display of good character
and sportsmanship.
The award was started during the Endurance Championship era. Previous winners were
Tommy Morrison (1985), Rick Hurst (1986), Dave Wolin (1987), Steve Saleen (1988),
Tommy Archer (1989), Doc Bundy, Scott Lagasse and Lotus USA (1990), Lotus USA
(1991), Doug Rippie/Dieline (1992), Chris Neville (1993), Kermit Upton III (1994), David
Rosenblum (1995), Saleen/Allen Racing (1996), RealTime Racing (1997), DC Sports
(1998), Turner Motorsport (1999), Team Tech Racing/Scott Bove (2000), Phil McClure
(2001), Rod Bymaster/Audi (2002), Jim Osborn (2003), Tim Wiens (2004), Jon Groom
(2005), Dave Spitzer, Team Cadillac (2006), World Challenge paddock (2007), Bob
Woodhouse (2008), Andy Pilgrim (2009), Eric Meyer (2010).
Grand Touring Sport (GTS): Cars eligible in GTS are prepared to a
level much closer to that of a stock vehicle. Additionally, many FIA GT4 class cars are eligible as well as cars built to the 2008/2009-spec Touring Car regulations until the end of
the 2011 season.
Touring Car (TC): The allowed body styles in this class are coupes, hatchbacks, wagons or
sedans. The cars permitted in TC are typically sold as “compact” cars, or “touring” cars.
Eligible cars must have realistic seating for four (4) adults. Power output ranges from 180
– 260 hp. Weight varies depending on the power output of the individual drivetrain configurations. Front-wheel, rear-wheel and all-wheel drive configurations are permitted. Forced
induction may be allowed on cars that have forced induction systems available from the
manufacturer which do not void the factory warranties.
The Series
Bodywork Modifications
Stock body panels may be lightened. Body panels must maintain stock profile, unless alternate panel is approved. Non-essential trim may be removed.
GT: Hood, trunk/decklid and doors may be aftermarket composite components. Vented
hoods are approved on a car-by-car basis. Additional aftermarket composite components
may be approved if deemed necessary to make a competitive package. Front splitter may
protrude 2” from approved front fascia, but may be no wider than the tires at their widest
point. Splitter may deviate vertically on the sides and bottom. Each car is permitted to run
an approved rear wing.
GTS: Body panels are generally stock. Aftermarket wings and splitters are permitted.
TC: Body panels are generally stock. Only OEM wings as delivered on the production car are
permitted.
Chassis Modifications
Interior may be removed except dashboard. Miscellaneous unused mounting brackets may
be removed. Chassis seams may be welded. Doors must be capable of being opened from
inside and outside. Driver’s seat may be moved rearward as long as the seat back at the
driver’s shoulders does not pass the vertical plane of the rear seat shelf.
Windshield wipers may be removed, but an operational motor must remain in place.
GT: Windows may be replaced with Lexan.
Safety Modifications
A full rollcage must be used. The rollcages typically have eight main attachment points
within the cockpit/trunk. The A-pillar, B-pillar, and roof may be stitch welded to the rollcage. Fuel cells are required, unless stock fuel tank is located between frame rails and the
axles.
The driver’s safety equipment includes a racing seat, six or seven-point harness, fullface helmet, head/neck restraint, window net, right-side head restraint net, side impact
protection, driver leg support system, multi-layer suit, fire resistant shoes, gloves and
underwear and a three-zone fire system.
Engine Modifications
Engines may be blueprinted and balanced. Full-prep engines may replace reciprocating
internals. Custom intake manifolds may be allowed if deemed necessary. Engine management systems are free. Ignition system components may be replaced. Must maintain an
operational on-board starter.
GT: Dry sump systems are permitted. Forced induction is permitted and may be added to
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a car if deemed necessary to be a competitive package. Noise limit is 120 dBA. Traction
control, and other commonly available electronic driver aids, are permitted.
GTS: Noise limit is 110 dBa. Only electronic driver aids installed from the factory are permitted.
TC: Noise limit is 110 dBA. Only electronic driver aids installed from the factory are permitted.
Drivetrain Modifications
Transmission and differential coolers may be added. Limited-slip differentials are permitted.
GT: Clutch and flywheel design are free, but starter ring gear diameter must be stock.
Driveshafts and halfshafts may be modified or replaced, but must be same material and
type as OEM. Two sets of gear ratios are permitted. Sequential transmissions are permitted
on most vehicles.
GT: The suspension pick-up points below the top of the tire may be relocated 25mm, and
the suspension pick-up points above the tire may be relocated 75mm.
Brake System Modifications
GT: OEM brake systems may be replaced with racing components. The maximum rotor size
in GT is 380 mm x 30 mm minimum thickness front and 25 mm minimum thickness rear.
The OEM caliper, any 4-piston caliper, or approved 6-piston calipers may be used. Water
may be injected into the brake ducts. ABS is permitted. Carbon and Ceramic rotors are not
permitted unless stock OEM components are being used.
GTS: Brake pads, fluid, proportioning valves and lines are unrestricted. ABS may be
removed or deactivated. Some vehicles may be permitted aftermarket calipers or rotors.
TC: Brake pads, fluid, proportioning valves and lines are unrestricted. ABS may be removed
or deactivated. Some vehicles may be permitted aftermarket calipers or rotors.
Wheels
Wheel offset is free, provided the approved bodywork covers the portion of the tire that contacts the track.
GT: The wheel diameter used in the GT class is 18”. The maximum wheel width range from
9.5”-13” based on the tire size(s) permitted on each car. Magnesium wheels are permitted.
GTS: Wheel diameters range from 17” to 18”, widths from 8” to 11”.
TC: The wheel diameter used in the TC class is 17”. The maximum wheel width is 8”.
Tires
Tires are Pirelli P Zero Racing Slicks, in widths ranging from 245mm to
315mm.
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The Series
Suspension Modifications
The OEM-type of suspension must be retained (i.e. McPherson Strut, double A-arm, etc.).
Alternate control arms may be submitted for approval. Shocks and springs are free, but
must remain in stock location. Anti-sway bars are free. Bushings are free. Steering geometry may be modified to correct bump steer.
The Series
World Challenge - History
In 1972, the Sports Car Club of America formed a new club racing class for absolutely stock
street automobiles. The class was called “showroom stock,” and the original rules imposed a
price ceiling on the cars of $3,000–pennies in comparison to today’s racing budgets. From
those humble origins, showroom stock racing grew in popularity over time, manufacturer
interest, cost and number of participants.
On the first day of summer, 1980, a 24-hour showroom stock race was staged at Nelson
Ledges Road Course near Youngstown, Ohio. The success of the Nelson Ledges “Longest Day”
and the amazing response to a second such event at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in August,
1984, prompted the SCCA to combine several existing endurance races into a manufacturers’
series for 1984.
This new series was expanded into a six-race professional showroom stock endurance racing
series for 1985. The 1985 series was billed as the Playboy United States Endurance Cup, with
Playboy Magazine its title sponsor. There were four classes in 1985 (GT, A, B and C) with a
per-race purse of $20,000 and year-end bonus of $60,000.
A number of changes were made in 1986, as Escort replaced Playboy as the sponsor and
the class structure was altered. A new class was introduced–Super Sports (SS) and the B and
C classes were combined. The per-race purses jumped to $28,000 and the year-end points
fund was increased to $80,000–split among the four classes. Once again, six races were held,
including two 24-hour events.
The series continued to grow in 1987, as the number of races jumped to eight and the
per-race purse was upped to $36,000. The class structure remained intact and Escort was
retained as the series’ title sponsor.
In 1988 and 1989, the SS class was eliminated, thus making the GT cars the premier class
with the A and B classes remaining unchanged.
A dramatic off-season followed the 1989 Escort Endurance Championship, in which the
series was completely restructured and renamed. For 1990, the Escort World Challenge
Championship was born.
The new series featured cars homologated by manufacturers. The rules were along the same
lines as the European Group A specifications, rather than the showroom stock configuration of
the series from 1985 through 1989.
The 1990 Escort World Challenge featured two classes of competition following the
restructuring. The top class, World Challenge, showcased high-performance sports cars like the
Chevrolet Corvette and Lotus Esprit Turbo.
The second class, Super Production, was for lower-horsepower sports cars including the
Honda CRX, Eagle Talon and new Mazda Miata.
There was concern of whether or not anyone could compete with the Corvettes, which moved
over from the Corvette Challenge to World Challenge. Doc Bundy and Scott Lagasse put those
ideas to rest, winning the inaugural World Challenge race for Lotus–a three hour event at Sears
Point. Bundy would win twice more on the season, but a poor finish at Dallas allowed R.K.
Smith to win the Championship in a Powell Motorsport Corvette on the strength of three solo
wins.
In Super Production, Bobby Archer’s HKS Performance Eagle Talon waged a season-long
battle with the American Honda Honda CRX Si of Peter Cunningham. In the end, Archer drove
to victory in the season-ending St. Petersburg round to take the Drivers’ Championship and
clinch the Manufacturers’ title for Eagle.
In 1991, a third class, Super Sport, was included for Camaros and club-configured
Mustangs. Shawn Hendricks had a banner year in his Bakeracing Corvette, taking the World
Challenge title with top-five finishes in all eight races and two wins. Actor Bobby Carradine was
second in a Lotusport Lotus Esprit, followed by Andy Pilgrim’s Goodyear Corvette. Lou Gigliotti
took his first Drivers’ Championship in Super Sports, winning three of the six races in his Young
Chevrolet Camaro. Mitch Wright earned the Archer Brothers and Eagle their second-straight
respective titles in Super Production, winning two races en route to topping Norris Rancourt’s
Carmichael Honda CRX Si by six points.
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In 1992, the series underwent another major facelift. One more class was created, and
the classes were renamed A, B, C and D, with some cars re-classified to meet market needs.
Endurance Races were a thing of the past beginning in 1992. All races became one-hour
sprints.
Lotusport disappeared prior to the 1992 season, leaving Corvette to dominate the season.
Smith took his second Drivers’ Championship in a Dieline Corp. Corvette over Kim Baker and
teammate Bill Cooper. Gigliotti again took the B class in his Pace America Camaro over the
Metalcraft Mazda RX-7 Turbo of Makoto Yamamura. Dave Jolly won his first World Challenge
Championship in the C Class in a Metalcraft Oldsmobile Achieva. While Honda missed the
Drivers’ Championship again, it took the Manufacturers’ title off the strength of Taz Harvey’s
second place. Neil Hannemann won the new D Class Championship in the HighwayMaster
Eagle Talon over teammate Bill Saunders.
In 1993, the D class disappeared as the Eagles grew turbos and moved into the B class with
the BMW M3. Racing legend Elliott Forbes-Robinson broke the Corvette streak, piloting the Dal
Tech Nissan 300 ZX Turbo to five wins and a 13-point win over Smith’s Dieline Corvette and
Boris Said’s BluBlocker Saleen Mustang.
Gigliotti’s two season-ending wins in the B class weren’t enough to overcome Willy Lewis’
Archer Brothers Eagle Talon T. Ron Emmick and Cunningham battled all season long in the C
Class, with Emmick’s Metalcraft Oldsmobile edging Cunningham’s Autotechnica/Red Line Oil
Honda Prelude by three points. Honda again took the manufacturers’ title.
Classes were renamed again in 1994 to World Challenge, Touring Car and Super Production.
Porsche returned as a major player with Kelly Moss Racing. Price Cobb topped teammate
Mauro Baldi after winning the final three races of the season. Cobb’s title propelled him to the
worldwide Porsche Cup–becoming the first driver to do so.
Hannemann won his second Drivers’ Championship in three years–this time in Touring Car,
scoring two wins in his Archer Brothers Eagle Talon to best Gigliotti’s Camaro by seven points. Jolly
again took the Super Production Drivers’ Championship away from Cunningham’s Prelude, but
Honda again took the Manufacturers’ Championship over Oldsmobile.
The World Challenge class was again renamed in 1995, to Sport, but little changed, as
Porsche battled Corvette for supremacy. David Murry piloted his Rohr Motorsport Porsche
911 GT2 to five wins in eight races to top John Heinricy’s Morrison Corvette 432 to 369.
Hannemann took his second-straight Touring Car Championship by a single point (389 to 388)
over Archer Brothers Racing teammate Lewis as Eagle topped Chevrolet for the Manufacturers’
title. After finishing runner-up three times, Cunningham took the Super Production Class
Championship in his RealTime Racing Honda Prelude over Paul Booher’s ICY Racing Saturn,
giving Honda its fourth-straight Manufacturers’ Championship.
World Challenge was split into two categories, Sports and Touring, in 1996, each broken
into two classes, designated S1, S2, T1 and T2.
With the S1 class not arriving until late in the season, the S2 class featured the fastest
World Challenge cars ever. Loosely based on the European FIA GT2 rules, the cars ran on slick
tires for the first time; and, while fields were small, provided exciting racing. Almo Coppelli’s
Callaway Corvette edged Shane Lewis’ radical Mosler Intruder by two points. The top four
manufacturers were within two points, with Saleen winning a tiebreaker with Porsche to take
the title over Callaway and Mosler. Martin Snow took the three-race S1 Championship in his
Porsche 911 Turbo.
Gigliotti returned to championship form in 1996, taking the T1 title in his LG Saleen
Mustang, winning two races. Lewis’ Talon and Kermit Upton’s BMW completed the top-three,
with Eagle taking Manufacturers’ honors in a tiebreaker over Ford/Saleen.
Rookie Michael Galati won the second-straight T2 Drivers’ Championship for RealTime
Racing’s Honda Prelude by two points over Taz Harvey’s Prelude and Alain Chebeir’s BMW.
Honda captured its fifth-straight World Challenge Manufacturers’ Championship.
High costs eliminated the Sports Category in 1997, and the T1 Championship shaped up as
a battle of American muscle versus high-revving Japanese technology. Cunningham earned his
second World Challenge Drivers’ Championship in T1, driving to four victories in his RealTime
Racing Acura NSX, despite missing one race. Gigliotti’s Saleen Mustang was second, with two
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wins, followed by the similar car of Rob Fellows. Ford/Saleen’s strong presence rewarded it
with the Manufacturers’ Championship.
RealTime Racing introduced the Acura Integra Type R to T2 in 1997, with rookie Pierre
Kleinubing earning the Drivers’ Championship over Booher’s Saturn and teammate Galati.
Points for Acura and Honda were split in 1997, allowing Saturn to take the Manufacturers’
Championship for the first time.
Saleen returned to the 1998 T1 Championship, sweeping the top two spots in the Drivers’
Championship with Terry Borcheller and Ron Johnson over Cunningham’s RealTime NSX. The
specialty car builder also dominated the Manufacturers’ Championship.
Galati used consistency in his RealTime Acura Integra R to take his second T2
Championship–the fourth-straight for the team–over teammate Kleinubing and Lance
Stewart’s DC Sports Integra R. Acura earned the Manufacturers’ Championship, the sixth for
American Honda.
The off-season between 1998 and 1999 proved to be the most pivotal for the World
Challenge up to that point, as the Speedvision Network–a cable broadcasting station dedicated
to the fastest things in the air, water and the road–became a part owner in the series and its
title sponsor. Exposure and purses grew exponentially, as did the fields. The 1999 season
would average nearly 50 cars per race between the two classes.
Archer drove a Viper Speed Dodge Viper to his second-career Championship, winning
the Speedvision GT title by a scant point over Peter Kitchak’s Porsche 911. Porsche took
the Manufacturers’ title over Chevrolet, which featured the debut of its new C5, with Scotty
B. White giving the car its first win (Vancouver). Archer earned a $50,000 bonus for his
Championship–the biggest ever in SCCA Pro Racing history.
Galati branched out to form his own Speedvision Touring Car Acura team in 1999, but the
results were the same, taking the title by three points over RealTime’s Kleinubing and his
teammate Hugh Plumb. Galati tied the all-time record for consecutive wins at the start of the
season (four). Acura again took the Manufacturers’ Championship.
In 2000, both series ran separately for the first time and standing starts made their debut.
The season saw giant jumps in participation, averaging over 70 cars per event between the two
series.
Jeff McMillin became the first driver ever to win a title without a win when he scored top-10
finishes in all 10 Speedvision GT races. He became only the third driver ever (joining Galati
and Plumb from 1999) to record 10 top-10s in a season. Galati jumped to the Champion Audi
GT team in 2000 and finished second, recording the marque’s first win in World Challenge at
Las Vegas. In all, six different drivers and marques won on the season.
Kleinubing captured his second title by winning the Speedvision Touring Car Championship
for RealTime over rookie Neal Sapp (TC Kline Racing BMW 328Ci). Acura took the
manufacturers’ title, but fought BMW into the last race.
In 2001, new changes included a new spec tire from Toyo Tires (the non-race T1S), and
boosted purses across the board due to various new sponsorships.
Michael Galati became the first driver to win four World Challenge Drivers’ Championships,
taking the Speedvision GT title with four wins and helping Audi to its first-ever Manufacturers’
Championship. Galati battled his former team owner Peter Cunningham all the way.
Cunningham won the statistics race, recording seven poles and five wins in his supercharged
Acura NSX, but a DNF at Lime Rock hurt his title chances. Galati became the second-straight
Speedvision GT driver to place in the top-10 in each race, and he and Cunningham each
eclipsed the $100,000 mark in purse and contingency prize money earned for the first time
in series history. Audi took the Manufacturers’ title by a scant point over Acura, with Porsche
a close third. Johannes van Overbeek (Porsche, third in points) was the only driver other than
Galati or Cunningham to win a race.
Pierre Kleinubing captured his second-straight Speedvision Touring Car title and the third
of his career (all with RealTime) with a consistent run, earning three wins in his Acura Integra
R. Neal Sapp won four races, and finished runner-up for the second straight year and helped
BMW earn its first-ever Manufacturers’ title in a runaway over Acura. Other drivers scoring wins
in Touring Car were Steve Pfeffer (BMW), Bill Auberlen (BMW) in a run from last to first in the
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Lime Rock rain and Roger Foo, recording the first win for the Honda Civic Si.
In 2002, SPEED Channel took over for Speedvision as the title sponsor after Speedvision
was bought by Fox and renamed. The series names changed to SCCA SPEED World Challenge,
SCCA SPEED GT and SCCA SPEED Touring Car, respectively.
Michael Galati continued to set new records by capturing his fifth Drivers’ Championship,
and second-straight SPEED GT Championship. The Championship once again came down
to Galati and Cunningham, with Galati scoring three wins and finishing no lower than sixth
in all ten races. Cunningham took the Championship down to the final event at VIR, but his
exceptional run of finishes, including one win, five podiums and ten top-10 finishes was no
match for Galati. Randy Pobst finished third in the Championship with four wins and a podium
finish in each of the seven events he entered. Based on Pobst’s dominating run, Porsche took
home another Manufacturers’ title, its third in four years.
In SPEED Touring Car, defending Champion Pierre Kleinubing faced a stout challenge
from an unlikely source, RealTime Racing team boss Cunningham. Originally running SPEED
Touring Car to help Kleinubing score a third straight title, the plan changed mid-season when
two straight 34th place finishes evaporated Kleinubing’s points lead and moved Cunningham
into contention. At season’s end, Cunningham’s consistency gave him the title, his third World
Challenge title and sixth overall in SCCA Pro Racing competition. Rookie of the Year Marc
Kirberg completed the top three in the final point standings. Acura, by virtue of the strong runs
by both RealTime pilots, brought home its fourth Manufacturers’ Title since 1998.
In 2003, SPEED GT switched to the new Toyo Proxes RA-1™ race compound DOT-approved
tire, which helped establish new track records in both qualifying and in the race.
In SPEED GT, it looked like Bill Auberlen was poised to win the Drivers’ Championship
with a good showing in the penultimate round of the season at Road Atlanta. He had a 20-point
lead over Randy Pobst. However, on lap 13 a broken halfshaft forced Auberlen to retire, while
Pobst went on to win the race . With the win and coupled with Auberlen’s 25th place finish,
Pobst catapulted into first place and held a 12-point lead heading into the season finale in
Puerto Rico. Despite a variety of scenarios, Pobst could essentially clinch the Championship
if he finished fourth or better, regardless of where Auberlen finished. After qualifying on the
pole, Pobst took matters into his own hands and won the Caribbean shootout. With the win,
Pobst not only won the Drivers’ Championship, but he also secured the SCCA SPEED GT
Manufacturers’ Championship Presented by Racer Magazine for Audi. Auberlen (three wins)
and Phil McClure (two wins) completed the top three in the final standings. Other winners on
the season included Mike Fitzgerald (two wins) and rookie Paul Mumford, who was tragically
killed in a plane crash shortly after his win at Laguna. Tom Oates won Rookie of the Year.
In SCCA SPEED Touring Car, Auberlen captured the Drivers’ Championship following
his second place finish at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca with two races remaining. Auberlen
thoroughly dominated SCCA SPEED Touring Car with four wins, eight podiums, three
pole positions, set seven fast race laps and never finished below fourth place. Three-time
SPEED Touring Car Champion Pierre Kleinubing (three wins) and Auberlen’s teammate
Will Turner finished second and third, respectively in the final standings. With Auberlen’s
help, BMW won the SPEED Touring Car Manufacturers’ Championship Presented by Racer
Magazine. Other winners on the season included Bob Endicott and Peter Cunningham. Matt
Plumb won the SPEED Touring Car Rookie of the Year, becoming the second Plumb brother
to win the award, matching the feat of brother Hugh in 1998. Additionally, after qualifying
second four times, Shauna Marinus became the first female driver to win a Touring Car pole
position.
Thanks in part to both a highly competitive racing format and top-notch drivers, SPEED
World Challenge moved even closer to the forefront of the road racing landscape in 2004. In
it’s September issue, Car and Driver magazine called World Challenge “the best road racing in
the country,” telling its readers what World Challenge enthusiasts had known for years.
In SPEED GT, Tommy Archer proved that winning a championship doesn’t mean winning
every race. In fact, he only won once (Portland), but it was his eight top-five finishes in 10
events that propelled him and his Dodge Viper Competition Coupe to the SCCA SPEED GT
Drivers’ Championship. The title was especially impressive considering Archer had not
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competed in World Challenge since 1991. Michael Galati led all SPEED GT drivers with three
wins in 2004, driving an Audi RS 6. Those victories and five podium finishes overall led him
to a second-place finish in points, just six behind Archer. However, because of Galati’s and
teammate Randy Pobst’s (who won at Lime Rock and finished fourth in points) efforts, it
was Audi who walked away with the SPEED GT Manufacturers’ Championship presented by
RACER magazine. Competing in the brand new Cadillac CTS-V, Max Angelelli won two races,
including the season-opener at Sebring, and finished third in the point standings. Rookie Wolf
Henzler burst on to the scene in 2004 with two victories, and Ron Fellows also earned a win at
Mosport. Mike McCann took home Rookie of the Year honors, beating out his brother, Jim.
Bill Auberlen flexed his championship-winning muscle once again in 2004, earning his
second-consecutive SPEED Touring Car Drivers’ Championship. Auberlen didn’t waste any
time in his BMW 325i, taking both the pole and the win at the first two events of the season,
and three of the first four. Though he didn’t win another race for the remainder, his efforts
were good enough to hold off Nic Jonsson, who finished second in his BMW 325Ci. Matt
Plumb picked up the first two wins of his SPEED Touring Car career and used those, plus
nine top-10 finishes, to earn third in the point standings in his Acura TSX. On the strength of
Auberlen and Jonsson’s showings, BMW handily won the SPEED Touring Car Manufacturers’
Championship presented by RACER Magazine. A late-season push by Acura (two wins by
Pierre Kleinubing and one for Plumb after an early win), closed the gap to 69-54. Dino
Crescentini won the SPEED Touring Car Rookie of the Year.
Tim Wiens, owner of 3R-Racing, was presented the Jim Cook Award and Jason Marks, of
Bimmerworld, was named recipient of the Zimmermann Cup.
SPEED World Challenge ratcheted up the “wow” factor a few more levels in 2005 as both
the SPEED GT and SPEED Touring Car Drivers’ and Manufacturers’ Championships were in
doubt until the very end of the year. That was especially the case in SPEED GT, which was
fittingly named the “most competitive road racing in the world” by RACER Magazine in its
June issue.
Those who thought Tommy Archer’s 2004 Championship run was improbable after he won
just a single race had to think Andy Pilgrim’s run to the top simply unfathomable as the Team
Cadillac driver earned his first title without recording a single win. Consistency was once
again the name of the game as Pilgrim never finished lower than 10th and finished second
twice. His efforts, along with teammates Max Angelelli, Max Papis and Ron Fellows (who all
won races), propelled Cadillac to the SPEED GT Manufacturers’ Championship Presented by
RACER Magazine over Porsche.
Had it been based on finishes alone, Pilgrim’s title would have gone to Archer (who won
twice to start the season), but a pair of five-point penalties (Cleveland, Infineon), forced Archer
behind Pilgrim. Farnbacher Loles Porsche driver Wolf Henzler also scored a pair of wins
(Mid-Ohio, Denver), and Lou Gigliotti broke a couple of major streaks as he won (Infineon)
for the first time since 1997 and broke a 24-race winless streak for Corvette. Robin Liddell
scored a victory at Cleveland, and Dino Crescentini broke into the winner’s column in his very
first SPEED GT race (Portland). Sonny Whelen earned SPEED GT Rookie of the Year honors
and finished 12th overall in the point standings.
After winning Championships in 2003 and ‘04, Bill Auberlen only made cameo
appearances in SPEED Touring Car 2005. He did well at the events he ran (two wins and
three podium finishes), but his downgraded role in the series opened the way for an epic,
season-long showdown between individual drivers and their teams. Peter Cunningham, World
Challenge’s most successful driver in history, earned his 29th career win to jumpstart his and
his RealTime Racing team’s season. Not to be outdone, Randy Pobst, a former SPEED GT
champion who signed on with Tri-Point Motorsport in the off-season, put Mazda on the map
with a win at St. Petersburg in Round Two. The new RealTime livery got plenty of time in the
spotlight as Pierre Kleinubing won the next three races (Road Atlanta, Mid-Ohio, Cleveland),
giving Acura a stronghold on the Manufacturers’ Championship. Auberlen’s return and
maxed-out REWARDS weight stopped Acura’s winning streak cold as Auberlen won Rounds
Six and Seven (Lime Rock, Infineon) - the last rounds he would compete in. A first win by
Eric Curran at Denver followed by another first-time winner in Charles Espenlaub at Mosport
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highlighted the next two rounds and set up best-finisher take all between Acura and Mazda
at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. John Angelone stole the show to a degree, handily winning
in an Audi, but Peter Cunningham rose to the occasion once again, finishing third (a spot
in front of Pobst), which clinched the Drivers’ Championship for Cunningham and another
Manufacturers’ title for Acura.
New faces and seasoned veterans combined to make 2006 a year for the SPEED World
Challenge record books. SPEED GT saw the debut of two new cars: the Aston Martin DB9
and the right-hand drive Nissan Skyline GT-R. Both turned quite a few heads in the paddock
and the Aston Martin squad was able to notch a fifth place finish at Road America with driver
Johnny Mowlem.
New drivers were also causing a stir in SPEED GT. Rookie Lawson Aschenbach was
practically flawless in his first full-season of SPEED GT competition. Behind the wheel of
his Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, he climbed the podium steps three times, including a win at
St. Petersburg, and never finished worse than ninth. Numbers like those gave veterans Lou
Gigliotti and Andy Pilgrim a run for their money and helped Aschenbach become the first driver
in SPEED GT history to win the Championship in their rookie season. Thanks to an equally
strong performance from Porsche teammate Ricardo Imery and guest appearances by Randy
Pobst, Porsche won a tight SPEED GT Manufacturers’ Championship by a scant three points
over Dodge.
The RealTime Acura squad was once again the team to beat in SPEED Touring Car, but
this time it was Pierre Kleinubing leading the charge. Kleinubing collected seven podiums
in 2006, including wins at Infineon and Miller Motorsports Park, on his way to claiming
his fourth SPEED Touring Car Championship. Tri-Point Mazda driver Randy Pobst fought
all the way to the finale with Kleinubing, but would fall short for the second year in a row.
Show signs of a future champion, Chip Herr collected the most wins (three: Mid-Ohio,
Road America, Road Atlanta), but lacked the consistency of veterans Pobst and Kleinubing,
finishing a career-best third in points. In addition, Kleinubing’s four poles in 2006 pushed
him to the top of the career-poles list with 30. The RealTime Acura crew posted four wins
in 2006, which was enough to help Acura clinch the Manufactures’ Championship after
Round Ten at Road Atlanta.
Defending SPEED GT Champion Lawson Aschenbach returned in 2007, but traded in
his Porsche for a ride with Team Cadillac. Porsche’s efforts to defend its Manufacturers’
Championship Presented by RACER Magazine were headed instead by K-PAX Racing’s Randy
Pobst and Michael Galati. It was the Corvette of Eric Curran however, that looked poised for
a Championship run, taking the first two races with ease. But, poor luck and several DNFs
throughout the season kept Curran from capturing his first World Challenge Championship,
even with two more wins at Mid-Ohio and Mosport. Instead, it was Pobst fighting for the
Title with Aschenbach and his Cadillac teammate Andy Pilgrim. A string of podium finishes
mid-season, including wins at Watkins Glen and Toronto, gave Pobst a comfortable margin
over Pilgrim heading into the final round at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, where he earned
his second-career SPEED GT Championship by 16 points. Pilgrim and Aschenbach’s hard
work would not go unrewarded though, their efforts earned Cadillac its second SPEED GT
Manufacturers’ Championship.
The first two rounds of the SPEED Touring Car schedule provided some foreshadowing
for how the 2007 season would shake out. Mazda’s Jeff Altenburg won both races by small
margins over teammate Pobst, with defending Champion Pierre Kleinubing and his Acura
in third. Kleinubing would stand on the podium three more times, but was unable to score
a World Challenge victory in 2007, his first winless season in World Challenge since his
1997 debut. Altenburg and Pobst meanwhile continued to put in solid finishes. Pobst even
made history, sweeping both Touring Car races at Watkins Glen in addition to the GT win.
The duo’s stellar performances earned Mazda its first Manufacturers’ Championship a round
early at Road Atlanta. The Drivers’ Championship on the other hand, would go down to the
wire at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. While leading the race and in position to claim the
Championship, contact with Kleinubing sent Pobst into the gravel at Turn Two and handed
Altenburg his first SPEED Touring Car Championship, while Peter Cunningham took his
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second win of the season.
Randy Pobst returned with K-PAX/3R in 2008 to defend his SPEED GT Drivers’
Championship and help Porsche wrestle away the Manufacturers’ Championship Presented
by RACER Magazine away from Cadillac. Their primary opponents underwent a transformation in the off-season, becoming Team Remington Cadillac and adding Michael McCann to
partner Andy Pilgrim.
Pobst’s Championship defense got off to a great start with a win at Sebring, followed by
a runner-up finish to Brandon Davis at Long Beach. Davis’ win in the ACS Ford Mustang
Cobra proved his performance in the rain at Sebring was no fluke and launched him into
title contention with Pobst and Pilgrim.
Pobst collected his second win of the season at Watkins Glen, but, as always, Pilgrim
wasn’t far behind. The Cadillac driver even collected five-straight podium finishes from
Sebring through Mid-Ohio.
Road America became a turning point for the season, as DNFs for both Pilgrim and
Davis, and a third-place finish for Pobst, allowed the defending champ to pull out a point
lead with four races remaining. Two more podium finishes and a win at Detroit in that
final stretch sealed the deal for Pobst. Though Brandon Davis won the season finale at
Road Atlanta and shared the podium with Pilgrim, Pobst’s lead heading into the final
round was too much to overcome, giving him his third World Challenge Championship.
The Manufacturers’ Championship was clinched by Porsche a round earlier at New Jersey
Motorsports Park when James Sofronas took his first-ever World Challenge victory.
The 2008 SPEED Touring Car Championship was one of the most thrilling in series history. A podium sweep by the RealTime Acuras of Pierre Kleinubing, Peter Cunningham and
Kuno Wittmer at Sebring, was an excellent prelude of what was to come in the 2008 season. Following Kleinubing’s win at Sebring, Wittmer took his first World Challenge victory at
VIR by inches over the BMW of Seth Thomas.
VIR was also the last race for defending champion Jeff Altenburg, who parted ways with
the Tri-Point team to pursue a SPEED GT drive. That left Charles Espenlaub, Jason Saini,
Jeff Daniels, and Tindol Motorsports drivers Michael Galati and Chip Herr to carry the
torch for Mazda, winner of the 2007 Manufacturers’ Championship presented by RACER
Magazine.
Rookie and 2007 MX-5 Cup Champion Saini put Mazda on the board first, taking an
emotional first win at Miller Motorsports Park, but Acura answered back with another win
at Lime Rock Park, at the hands of Wittmer. Herr took the second race at Lime Rock, but
at the season’s halfway point, the Championship was clearly a battle between the three
RealTime teammates.
Though there were surprise wins from James Clay at Road America and from Galati at
Watkins Glen and Mosport, not a single podium passed without at least one RealTime driver
on the steps. The team clinched the Manufacturers’ Championship for Acura at Mosport
and brought the Drivers’ Championship down to the last lap at Road Atlanta. Wittmer was
unable to make a pass for fourth stick on Cunningham, which gave the RealTime owner his
record-tying fifth World Challenge Championship.
K-Pax Racing changed from Porsche to Volvo in 2009, with Pilgrim joining Pobst to
make a two-car Volvo S60 superteam in GT. While both drivers would win races and poles,
the car was plagued with aftermarket transmission problems until the end of the season.
After having their own developmental season, Brandon Davis was strong all season in
his ACS Racing Ford Mustang, and the young driver earned his first professional racing
Championship after winning at Mid-Ohio and finishing every GT race in the top eight.
After scoring his breakout win in 2008, James Sofronas scored a pair of victories in
California (Long Beach and Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca) and piloted his Global Racing
Group Porsche 911 GT3 to second in the final standings.
Newcomer Tony Rivera looked to have second locked up until a last-lap incident with
Pobst put his Brass Monkey Racing Porsche in the gravel at the MRLS finale. Rivera surprised the racing world winning in his very first attempt at Sebring and followed that up
with a second victory at Road America.
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Despite not finishing two of the 10 races, Pilgrim wound up fourth in the Championship,
taking wins at New Jersey and Road Atlanta in the Volvo S60. Eric Curran had six podium
finishes in his Whelen Engineering Corvette, but never made the top step to finish fifth.
The two-time defending Champion Pobst ended up sixth and won at Autobahn Country
Club. However, missing the first race after exhausting his engine supply at Sebring was
costly to his effort.
Behind Sofronas and Rivera, Porsche again claimed the Manufacturers’ Championship
Presented by RACER. Bill Ziegler claimed Rookie of the Year honors in his GMG Porsche.
Pierre Kleinubing joined team owner Peter Cunningham and Michael Galati in the rarified air of five World Challenge Championships in 2009, but it was not easy.
Kleinubing changed cars after finishing second in the Sebring opener, upgrading from
the 2008 spec RealTime Acura TSX to the 2009 model. The all-time leader in pole positions, Kleinubing worked a series of top five finishes before finally scoring his first win in
more than a year at Road America in Round Eight of the Touring Car Championship.
Despite the win, he was still behind 2008 Rookie of the Year Jason Saini, who rattled off
three wins (New Jersey, Autobahn and Mid-Ohio) in six races at one point in his TriPoint
Motorsports MAZDA6. The Championship came down to the season finale at Mazda
Raceway Laguna Seca, where Saini needed a solid run to maintain his lead.
The weekend went perfectly for Kleinubing. Not only did he earn the pole and lead every
lap, but Saini missed out on qualifying bonus points and finished a disappointing eighth,
giving Kleinubing a 13-point advantage at the end of the season.
Acura captured the Manufacturers’ Championship Presented by RACER, but it was
Mazda driver Eric Foss who captured Rookie of the Year honors.
Peter Cunningham finished third in his RealTime Acura after winning at Mosport. Seth
Thomas gave BimmerWorld its best season to date with a series-high three wins in his BMW
328i to finish fourth. Charles Espenlaub quietly finished fifth in his TriPoint MAZDA6.
New for the series in 2009 was a coin flip that could invert the top five. The concept
was short lived, though and was removed for the 2010 season.
The 2010 season saw major changes come into place for the Series. A new set of regulations were adopted for Touring Car and a new class, Grand Touring Sport (GTS), was
launched. As well, the 2010 season marked the first time since 1999, that GT, GTS and
Touring Car classes would take to the track in a combined race. The 2010 season also saw
an increase in races as the series moved from a 10-race season to a 12-race season with
four doubleheader weekends.
In GT, Randy Pobst, behind the wheel of the No. 6 K-PAX Racing Volvo S60, took his
fourth career Drivers’ Championship, and, along with teammate Andy Pilgrim helped Volvo
claim its first World Challenge Manufacturers’ Championship. Pobst took the title on the
strength of four wins and eight pole positions throughout the season, also earning his team
the Team Championship. Kuno Wittmer and James Sofronas finished second and third
respectively in the GT Drivers’ Championship.
The GTS class was created to attract vehicles not previously eligible or competitive for
World Challenge competition. Many Touring Cars built prior to the 2010 rules package fit
into the new GTS class. Peter Cunningham essentially rewrote the record books in the inaugural season of GTS competition. With World Challenge single-season records of eight wins
and 10 pole positions, Cunningham extended his all-time best marks of 40 wins and 42
pole positions. His sixth Drivers’ Championship was also a World Challenge record, as is the
ninth Manufacturers’ Championship to which he and teammate Nick Esayian helped Acura
claim. Those honors also added up to a Team Championship for RealTime Racing. Esayian
finished second in the Drivers’ Championship, while Ernie Jakubowski finished third.
In Touring Car, Series regulations put tighter limits on engine, drivetrain and aerodynamic modifications, but cars were still afforded substantial handling upgrades. World
Challenge TC proved to be a launching pad in 2010 for up-and-coming pro drivers. Look no
further than what Robert Stout did claiming the 2010 Touring Car Drivers’ Championship
in his first pro season at the age of 18 and leading his Team to Manufacturers’ and Team
Championships. Stout became the youngest driver in the history of the series to take home
The Series
a Drivers’ Championship. The 18-year-old also claimed the Rookie-of-the-Year award, and
helping Scion to its first Manufacturers’ Championship. Stout was the youngest race winner in Series history when he won at Long Beach, and four wins later became the youngest Champion in Series history. Eric Meyer and Brett Sandberg finished second and third
respectively in the TC Drivers’ Championship.
Fred Roberts and Jakubowski took home the GT and GTS Rookie-of-the-Year Awards,
respectively.
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SEASON
RECAP
World Challenge • Round One • Streets of St. Petersburg
2010 Review
Pobst Goes Flag-to-Flag for World Challenge St. Pete Win;
Cunningham, Buras Class Winners
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (March 27, 2010) – Randy Pobst, of Gainesville, Ga., opened up the 2010 World
Challenge GT season with a flag-to-flag win at the Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg. Peter
Cunningham, of Milwaukee, Wis., and Todd Buras, of Daytona Beach, Fla., won in the GTS and Touring
Car classes, respectively.
Starting from the overall pole in the first combined-class World Challenge race since 1999, Pobst
received a pre-race gift when second-qualifying Dino Crescentini’s No. 4 Centric Parts/Stoptech/GMG
Porsche 911 GT3 headed to the pits on the
formation lap with an electrical issue. With
his No. 6 K-Pax Racing Volvo alone on the
front row, Pobst rocketed away from the
standing start and never looked back, taking
a 1.189-second win over teammate Andy
Pilgrim, of Boca Raton, Fla. James Sofronas,
of Newport Beach, Calif., finished third.
Pobst averaged 72.367 mph over the
33-lap, 59.4-mile race that was slowed by
one caution to retrieve a disabled car. It was
Pobst’s 23rd-career World Challenge win,
tying him for third all-time with Michael
Galati.
“It was all about the K-Pax racing team
Pobst went flag-to-flag for his first
and the work they did all winter on our Volvo
GT win of the season at St. Petersburg.
S60s,” Pobst said of the run. “We had very
little test time, because they worked their
butts off all winter. We just got the cars together a week or two ago. We’re just thrilled, this was really just
our test session today. The St. Petersburg Grand Prix circuit suits our car really well, because the Volvo
is all-wheel drive. The straights are short, the corners are tight, and we’re just monsters through the back
sections. The Porsches gave us a real battle, and St. Petersburg is my kind of place. I’ve won the last three
races I’ve run here in hot World Challenge action.”
Unlike previous years where traffic was not a major factor in the racing, the multi-class format never
quite allowed anyone to break away from the pack, and Pobst had his mirror filled for most of the race by
the similar No. 8 K-Pax Volvo S60 of Pilgrim. In the closing laps, the duo circulated nose-to-tail.
“There’s no team orders, but I told Randy before the race that if he was out front, don’t worry about
me,” Pilgrim said. “We’re going to have to run hard enough to worry about everyone else. He didn’t make
any mistakes. Randy almost got nailed in traffic, but other than that it was ‘don’t hit your teammate, and
try to stay ahead of Jason [Daskalos], first, and then James [Sofronas].’”
Sofronas started third, but ran fourth for much of the race in the No. 14 Global Motorsports Group
Porsche 911 GT3 behind the Volvos and Jason Daskalos’ Dodge Viper. On the lap-16 restart, Sofronas
made his bid for third, pulling off the Invisible Glass Clean Pass of the Race.
Daskalos was later forced to pit due to a fluid leak. That promoted 10th-starting Brian Kubinski to fourth
in his No. 2 Carlisle Companies Chevrolet Corvette, a position he held for four laps before the No. 57
Horton/Sloan Securities Porsche 911 GT3 of Patrick Lindsey worked his way by to finish fourth.
Kuno Wittmer (Dodge Viper) recovered from a flat tire to finish sixth, followed by Tony Rivera (Nissan
GT-R), who ran in the top five for most of the day, Rob Morgan (Porsche 911 GT3), Tony Gaples (Chevrolet
Corvette) and Jeff Courtney (Dodge Viper).
In GTS, Cunningham also went flag-to-flag for his record 33rd World Challenge victory in the No.
43 Acura/RealTime Racing Acura TSX, topping Brandon Davis, of Huntington Beach, Calif., by 2.695
seconds.
Cunningham led Nick Esayian’s No. 34 Acura/RealTime Racing Acura TSX from the standing start but
it was Davis who charged from last overall on the grid after missing qualifying. The 2009 GT Champion
was nominated this morning to drive the No. 1 Acura/RealTime Acura TSX. The caution period allowed
Davis to close some real estate on Cunningham, but he couldn’t ever get close enough to mount a serious
challenge.
“We weren’t sure how the competition was going to be,” Cunningham said of the newly-created GTS
class. “The Honda Civic of Kevin Helms was very quick. It started with Helms getting in front of my
teammate, and I watched to see how that would unfold. The whole first half, I was pacing the car and trying
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to save because I was waiting to see what it was going to be like if it was all green. After the yellow, my new
and old teammate Brandon [Davis] - who came in at the last minute and started from the back, rocketed
through the field and was not going to hand it to me on a platter and keep me honest. Fortunately, he got
caught up in some other traffic and I had just a little bit of breathing room to the end.”
It was a RealTime Racing top-three sweep after Helms’ No. 04 DBA/Carbotech/AST/Exedy Honda Civic
Si retired from competition with a steering issue on lap six. Michael Pettiford and Tom Lepper finished
fourth and fifth, respectively, in their Pontiac Solstice GXPs.
The first race under new Touring Car regulations delivered a first-time race winning driver and
manufacturer. Buras started his No. 49 Irish Mike’s Racing Volkswagen Jetta GLI second on the grid and,
unlike Pobst and Cunningham’s runs, had to fight his way to the front.
Overshooting his pit box approaching the standing start, Buras, making his series debut, backed his car
up slightly to get into position. To his dismay, and that of everyone behind him, when the lights went out,
the car went backwards.
“The car in front of me decided he wanted to start from pit lane and I pulled up to his spot,” Buras
recalled. “I’ve never done a standing start, and the guy was telling me to ‘back up, back up.’ I was looking
at the starting board, and finally realized I had to back up. So I backed up, and I’m looking at the board
because the five second mark was out. I thought here we go, and I revved it up and let go of the clutch
and I shot backward. I hit the brakes, tried to get it in first, and shot backwards again.
“At that point, I just threw my hands up and waited for the big crash. Eric Meyer did a great job to avoid
me and I threw it in first and went.”
Once moving forward, Buras was seven cars behind polesitter Mark Hein’s No. 38 Morgan Stanley
Smith Barney Honda Civic Si, but charged through the field to put himself into position to take the lead
on the lap-16 restart. From there, he was able to slowly pull out a gap as Hein and Robert Stout’s No. 18
DG-Spec/Scion/TRD/Lucas Oil Scion tC battled behind him.
“I thought I was way behind, and when I started catching up, [Hein] started speeding up,” Buras said.
“I think he was saving his stuff from the get go. I thought he had cooled off and we were in trouble. I don’t
know what happened, but he slowed up a little bit through the corner which allowed me to close that gap
a little. I just went deep into the corner to get by. We went through those corners nose-to-tail, real close,
but he raced me clean.
“I’ve got to think VW for their support. The GT and GTS drivers, take your hat off to them. When you’re
ten seconds faster a lap, it comes up fast. It’s pretty scary being passed by a car that much faster, but
they did a great job, especially on these streets of St. Pete.”
The Hein/Stout battle ended with a flat tire for Hein, promoting Stout’s teammate, Dan Gardner, to third
in the No. 36 DG-Spec/Scion/TRD/Lepper & Associates Scion tC.
Stout was awarded the MTM Special Ops Best Move of the Race avoiding Hein, who spun with the flat
tire. Gardner captured the Sunoco Hard Charger Award for advancing nine positions overall in the race.
Brett Sandberg finished fourth in his Acura TSX, followed by Eric Meyer, in a Mazda RX-8.
Alexander Lvov, of Russia, earned the Optima Batteries Start of the Race Award for advancing five
positions on the standing start. He later retired with a mechanical issue in his Honda GMS Honda Civic
Si.
FINAL RACE RESULTS
World Challenge
• Round One • RESULTS
World Challenge Round 1
Sanction # [PRWC-01-10] Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg on March 27, 2010
at St. Petersburg Street Course on March 26-28 2010 Track Length: 1.8 Miles
PS ST CAR
FN PS NO CLASS DRIVER/HOMETOWN/STATE
SPONSOR/CAR
LAPS STATUS
--DURING-RACE-FAST LAP SPEED
1
6
GT 1 Randy Pobst/Gainesville/GA
K-Pax Racing/Volvo S60
135 33
1:20.547
80.450
2
4
8
GT 2 Andy Pilgrim/Boca Raton/FL
106 33 -1.189
1:20.370
80.627
3
3
14 GT 3 James Sofronas/Newport Beach/CA
GMG/Porsche 911 GT3
101 33 -2.645
1:20.473
80.524
4
8
57 GT 4 Patrick Lindsey/Santa Barbara/CA
Horton/Sloan Securities/Porsche 911 GT3
85 33 -12.637
1:21.076
79.925
5
10 2
Carlisle Companies/Chevrolet Corvette
80 33 -13.713
1:20.832
80.166
6
6
13 GT 6 Kuno Wittmer/Montreal/QC
Dodge Motorsports/Dodge Viper
76 33 -16.503
1:20.776
80.221
7
7
97 GT 7 Tony Rivera/Missouri City/TX
Nissan/Brass Monkey Racing/Nissan GT-R
72 33 -24.143
1:20.840
80.158
8
11 46 GT 8 Rob Morgan/Costa Mesa/CA
TruSpeed Motorports/Querencia/Porsche 911 GT3
68 33 -30.104
1:21.160
79.842
9
13 29 GT 9 Tony Gaples/Libertyville/IL
Kleinschmidt/Blackdog Racing/Chevrolet Corvette
64 33 -35.127
1:22.085
78.942
10 12 99 GT 10 Jeff Courtney/Milwaukee/WI
Kenda Tire/Dodge Viper
60 33 -39.516
1:21.799
79.218
11 15 47 GT 11 Charles Morgan/Dallas/TX
Privacy Star/TruSpeed/Porsche 911 GT3
57 33 -1:04.556
1:23.502
77.603
Daskalos Developments/Dodge Viper
57 32 -1 lap
1:20.504
80.492
Acura/RealTime Racing/Acura TSX
135 32 -1 lap
1:26.423
74.980
Acura/RealTime Racing/AcuraTSX
100 32 -1 lap
1:26.514
74.901
104 32 -1 lap
1:26.718
74.725
Irish Mike's Racing/Volkswagen Jetta GLI
132 31 -2 laps
1:28.880
72.907
91 31 -2 laps
1:28.636
73.108
109 31 -2 laps
1:29.104
72.724
12 5
5
GT 5 Brian Kubinski/Shorewood/IL
GT 12 Jason Daskalos/Albuquerque/NM
13 17 43 GTS 1 Peter Cunningham/Milwaukee/WI
14 31 1
GTS 2 Brandon Davis/Huntington Beach/CA
15 18 34 GTS 3 Nick Esayian/San Diego/CA
16 23 49
TC 1 Todd Buras(R)/Daytona Beach/FL
17 20 41 GTS 4 Michael Pettiford/Louisville/CO
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PTS
1
Go4It Racing Schools/Hawk/Pontiac Solstice GXP
18 24 18
TC 2 Robert Stout(R)/Brownsburg/IN
DG-Spec/Scion/TRD/Lucas Oil/Scion tC
19 28 36
TC 3 Dan Gardner(R)/Hermosa Beach/CA
DG Spec/Scion/TRD/Lepper&Assoc/Scion tC
92 30 -3 laps
1:30.754
71.401
20 27 28
TC 4 Brett Sandberg(R)/Allendale/NJ
Whitehall Stable/Acura TSX
85 30 -3 laps
1:30.726
71.423
21 25 32
TC 5 Eric Meyer(R)/Indianapolis/IN
XOWii/Samaritan's Feet/Delvira/Mazda RX-8
86 30 -3 laps
1:31.533
70.794
22 29 67
TC 6 Shea Holbrook(R)/Groveland/FL
MD&F/Autohaus/Acura Integra R
76 30 -3 laps
1:33.226
69.508
23 22 38
TC 7 Mark Hein/Clearwater/FL
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney/Honda Civic Si
92 28 Tire
1:29.668
72.266
24 26 9
TC 8 Alexander Lvov/S. Petersburg Russia/
Honda GMS/Honda Civic Si
71 20 Mech.
1:30.303
71.758
Direct Energy Home Services/Dodge Viper
51 10 Clutch
1:23.434
77.666
Centric Parts/Stoptech/GMG/Porsche 911 GT3
60 10 Elect.
1:29.773
72.182
27 21 40 GTS 5 Tom Lepper(R)/Benicia/CA
83 9
Elect.
1:31.616
70.730
28 19 04 GTS 6 Kevin Helms(R)/Charlotte/NC
DBA/Carbotech/AST/Exedy/Honda Civic Si
85 6
Steering
1:26.945
74.529
Champion Controls/AEC/Malspeed/Chevrolet Cobalt 64 6
SS
45 1
Mech.
1:36.880
66.886
Crash
no time
Swisher Racing/GMG Racing/Porsche 911 GT3
Crash
no time
25 16 89 GT 13 Fred Roberts(R)/Toronto/ON
26 2
4
GT 14 Dino Crescentini/Manhattan Beach/CA
29 30 00
TC 9 Tony Wedderburn(R)/Miami/FL
30 9
GT 15 Steve Ott(R)/Houston/TX
96
31 14 05 GT 16 William Ziegler/Jacksonville/FL
43 1
** Better than the Existing Track Record
GT Margin of Victory: 01.189 Seconds
** - Faster
than previous record
GTS Margin of Victory: 02.695 Seconds
TC Margin of Victory: 13.157 Seconds
GT Fastest Race Lap: Car # 8 Andy Pilgrim 01:20.370 - 80.627 MPH
GTS Fastest Race Lap: Car # 43 Peter Cunningham 01:26.423 - 74.980 MPH
TC Fastest Race Lap: Car # 49 Todd Buras(R) 01:28.880 - 72.907 MPH
Overall Race: 00:49:14.907 59.4 Miles 72.367 Miles per Hour
Race Statistics
Series Chief Steward:Pat diNatale
Signed: __________________
Series Chief T/S: Rich Lankford
Time Posted
Signed: _____________________ ________
Time of race: 49:14.907
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Average
speed: 72.367 Miles per Hour
04-07-2010 13:02:53
Optima Best Standing Start Car # 9 - Sunoco Hard Charger Car # 36
Invisible Glass Clean Pass of the Race Car # 18 - MTM Special Ops Best Move of the Race Car # 14
GT Fastest
Qualifier:
Randy
Pobst,
1:18.962 (82.064 mph)
New fast race
laps for both
GTS and
TC
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------GTS Fastest
Qualifier: Peter Cunningham, 1:25.605 (75.696 mph)
[#6 1-33]
TC Fastest Qualifier: Mark Hein, 1:28.821 (72.955 mph)
GT Fastest Race Lap: Andy Pilgrim, 1:20.370 (80.627 mph)
GTS Fastest Race Lap: Peter Cunningham, 1:26.423 (74.980 mph)
TC Fastest Race Lap: Todd Buras, 1:28.880 (72.907 mph)
Optima Battery Best Standing Start: Alexander Lvov, advanced five positions on the standing start.
Invisible Glass Clean Pass of the Race: Robert Stout
MTM Special Ops Best Move of the Race: Dino Crescentini
Sunoco Hard Charger of the Race: Dan Gardner, advanced nine positions overall in the race.
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Crescentini Wins Sunday World Challenge in St. Pete;
Cunningham, Buras Repeat Class Wins
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (March 28, 2010) – Dino Crescentini, of Manhattan Beach, Calif., rocketed away
from his second starting position and led all the way to take Sunday’s Acura Sports Car Challenge of St.
Petersburg World Challenge Round Two GT class and overall win. Peter Cunningham, of Milwaukee, Wis.,
and Todd Buras, of Daytona Beach, Calif., won GTS and Touring Car, respectively.
Driving the No. 4 Centric Parts/Stoptech/GMG Porsche 911 GT3, Crescentini appeared to get away slow
from the standing start, but had momentum to get past polesitter Randy Pobst’s No. 6 K-Pax Racing Volvo
S60 as the field funneled into Turn One.
From there, it was smooth sailing for
the Porsche driver, reversing his bad luck
from Saturday’s race, in which his new
Porsche developed an electrical problem and
retired. Crescentini took his third-career World
Challenge series victory by 0.848-second
over teammate James Sofronas, of Newport
Beach, Calif. He averaged 66.764 mph in the
race slowed by a pair of caution periods and
limited to 50 minutes.
“The start was really scary for me because
the launch control wasn’t working and I had
to do it manually,” Crescentini said. “I haven’t
done that in a while. I had some luck on
Crescentini on his way to Round 2 GT
my side with Randy (Pobst, the pole sitter)
win at St. Petersburg.
slipping up and I took advantage of that. The
car was so beautifully set up by the guys at
GMG, as we saw in practice and qualifying. It seemed like every time I hit slower traffic, I was able to get
by and whoever was behind me seemed to get held up, so I got really lucky.”
Sofronas started third in his No. 14 Global Motorsports Group Porsche 911 GT3 and ran behind
Pobst and his teammate, Andy Pilgrim, in the opening stages of the race before Pobst pitted his car with
overheating issues. On the race’s second restart to retrieve Patrick Lindsey’s crashed Porsche from Turn 12,
Sofronas made his move by Pilgrim into second place, where he stayed for the remainder of the race.
“I made mental notes on where they dropped the flag yesterday for the restart,” Sofronas said. “It’s
tough to pass here and you have to take advantage of every opportunity. Jason [Daskalos] laid back on the
first restart, but he didn’t let me get a good run either. I changed my strategy on the second restart and
things worked out better.”
Pilgrim, who finished second to Pobst on Saturday in his No. 8 K-Pax Racing Volvo S60, held the third
position for the rest of the event.
“This is a great start,” Pilgrim said. “We knew the GMG guys were going to be strong, the Nissans are
going to be good, Daskalos and Wittmer in the Vipers – there’s a lot of competition. I was hoping for two
top-fives this weekend, I’m really thrilled with a second and a third.”
Jason Daskalos, of Albuquerque, N.M., finished fifth in his No. 5 Daskalos Developments Dodge Viper,
followed by Canada’s Kuno Wittmer, in his No. 13 Dodge Motorsports Dodge Viper.
Rob Morgan (Porsche 911 GT3), Brian Kubinski (Chevrolet Corvette), Tony Rivera (Nissan GT-R), Jeff
Courtney (Dodge Viper) and Tony Gaples (Chevrolet Corvette) completed the top 10.
Rivera earned the MTM Special Ops Move of the Race in the No. 97 Nissan/Brass Monkey Racing Nissan
GT-R for his lap-26 pass on Courtney after following for several laps.
Sofronas’ pair of podium finishes place him atop the Championship standings after two rounds, with
210 points. Pilgrim is second, with 204, followed by Pobst (198), Crescentini (192) and Wittmer (155).
Volvo leads the Manufacturers’ Championship, with 16 points, followed by Porsche (14), Dodge (four) and
Chevrolet (one).
This weekend’s GT results will remain provisional pending additional off-site technical inspections.
For the second-straight day, Cunningham led start-to-finish in his No. 43 Acura/RealTime Racing Acura
TSX to capture the GTS-class win, the record-extending 34th of his career. While his Saturday run was
never in doubt, Sunday was different, as teammate Brandon Davis pressured him in the No. 1 Acura/
RealTime Racing Acura TSX in the race’s closing laps. Cunningham beat Davis to the checkered flag by
just 0.544-second.
“It was the same track, one day apart but a completely different story today with the same result,
thankfully,” Cunningham said. “It was just a whole different deal. Traffic played a role, the yellows played a
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role, and the leaders came through and affected our race. As they say, the traffic gods giveth and the traffic
gods taketh away. Brandon [Davis] was on a charge and was coming quickly, and I was having to pedal as
fast as I could to keep in front of him. I had a gap and he was closing, but traffic messed him up. Then, it
screwed me up, and he was right there, so it was really exciting. But we hung on to take the win.”
Davis started last in the field after missing qualifying, but again worked his way up to second, setting
the race’s fastest lap, a record 1:25.687 (75.624 mph) in the process. RealTime’s third car, with Nick
Esayian aboard, finished third.
Kevin Helms (Honda Civic Si) and Michael Pettiford (Pontiac Solstice) completed the top five.
With his clean sweep of the weekend, Cunningham holds a 62-point lead over Esayian heading to Long
Beach, 270 to 208. Davis is third, with 200, followed by Helms (178) and Pettiford (177). Acura leads
the Manufacturers Championship, with 22 points.
After winning in his series debut on Saturday, Buras repeated the feat on Sunday, giving the No. 49 Irish
Mike’s Racing Volkswagen Jetta its second-consecutive World Challenge Touring Car win.
After an eventful first standing start on Saturday, in which he accidentally had the car in reverse as the
lights went out, Buras got away cleanly from his second-starting position, but fell to fourth as the field
entered Turn One, led by polesitter Mark Hein, of Clearwater, Fla. As the Touring Cars exited Turn Three,
it found the GT Porsche of Patrick Lindsey sideways in the course. Buras picked his line and ended up
passing Hein’s No. 38 Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Honda Civic Si for the lead in the melee.
“I went around turn one at the start in fourth place,” Buras said. “I didn’t get a very good launch and
I had something in my gut that said something wasn’t right. I stayed to the left and everyone else went to
the right and the next thing I knew I was two or three cars ahead of my next competitor.”
Multi-class racing favored Buras later in the run, when the full-course caution came out for Lindsey a
second time and the overall leader, Dino Crescentini, split Buras and Hein. Buras was able to circulate
around to the back of the pack, giving him nearly a one-lap lead over second place.
“When the yellow came out the second time, the GT leader was right on my rear quarter panel,” Buras
added. “When the double yellow flew, he slammed on the breaks and I didn’t, so we just got a fortunate
break there. The car was great, though. Irish Mike’s Racing put together an amazing car. From yesterday
to today we got some rewards weight and made a bunch of changes to the car, and it was just rock solid.
We were happy.”
With Buras well ahead, Hein and 18-year-old Robert Stout, of Brownsburg, Ind., waged an exciting battle
for the remainder of the race, swapping positions several times until Stout finally put his No. 18 DG-Spec/
Scion/TRD/Lucas Oil Scion tC ahead for good.
Stout’s pass of Hein on lap 24 in Turn 10 earned the Invisible Glass Clean Pass of the Race.
Driving the No. 36 DG-Spec/Scion/TRD/Lepper & Associates Scion tC, Dan Gardner earned both the
Optima Batteries Best Standing Start of the Race and the Sunoco Hard Charger award en route to fourth
place. Eric Meyer finished fifth in his Mazda RX-8.
Buras leads Stout in the Touring Car Championship 264 to 218, followed by Hein (199), Gardner (177)
and Meyer (172). Volkswagen leads the Touring Car Manufacturers’ Championship, with 18 points, to
Scion’s 14, Honda’s seven and Mazda’s four.
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FINAL RACE RESULTS
World Challenge
• Round
Two
World Challenge
Round
Two • RESULTS
Sanction # [PRWC-02-10] Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg on March 28, 2010
at St. Petersburg Street Course on March 26-28 2010 Track Length: 1.8 Miles
PS ST CAR
SPONSOR/CAR
1
2
2
3
3
4
8
4
5
5
5
6
6
11 46 GT 6 Rob Morgan/Costa Mesa/CA
7
10 2
8
7
9
12 99 GT 9 Jeff Courtney/Milwaukee/WI
PTS
LAPS STATUS
132 31
1:19.644
81.362
GMG/Porsche 911 GT3
109 31 -.848
1:19.410
81.601
98 31 -4.129
1:19.875
81.126
88 31 -6.443
1:19.634
81.372
80 31 -7.093
1:19.513
81.496
76 31 -7.251
1:19.790
81.213
Carlisle Companies/Chevrolet Corvette
72 31 -11.937
1:19.945
81.055
68 31 -23.829
1:20.663
80.334
64 31 -27.879
1:20.998
80.002
10 13 29 GT 10 Tony Gaples/Libertyville/IL
60 31 -42.232
1:21.043
79.957
57 31 -49.476
1:22.068
78.959
54 31 -49.599
1:22.627
78.424
51 31 -1:07.657
1:23.222
77.864
135 30 -1 lap
** 1:26.057
75.299
100 30 -1 lap
** 1:25.687
75.624
104 30 -1 lap
** 1:26.368
75.027
17 19 04 GTS 4 Kevin Helms(R)/Charlotte/NC
DBA/Carbotech/AST/Exedy/Honda Civic Si
94 30 -1 lap
1:26.884
74.582
132 30 -1 lap
** 1:28.022
73.618
63 29 -2 laps
1:19.116
81.905
4
GT 7 Brian Kubinski/Shorewood/IL
97 GT 8 Tony Rivera/Missouri City/TX
15 31 1
GTS 2 Brandon Davis/Huntington Beach/CA
TC 1 Todd Buras(R)/Daytona Beach/FL
19 1
20 24 18
109 29 -2 laps
** 1:28.706
73.050
21 22 38
TC 3 Mark Hein/Clearwater/FL
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney/Honda Civic Si
107 29 -2 laps
1:29.001
72.808
22 28 36
85 29 -2 laps
1:29.923
72.061
23 25 32
86 29 -2 laps
1:29.923
72.061
24 29 67
MD&F/Autohaus/Acura Integra R
76 28 -3 laps
1:32.333
70.180
25 27 28
72 28 -3 laps
1:29.350
72.523
86 15 Steering
1:28.732
73.028
6
26 20 41 GTS 5 Michael Pettiford/Louisville/CO
27 8
45 11 Crash
1:21.068
79.932
28 9
96 GT 16 Steve Ott(R)/Houston/TX
43 9
Wheel
1:21.693
79.321
79 9
Mech.
1:31.045
71.173
Champion Controls/AEC/Malspeed/Chevrolet Cobalt 68 8
SS
3 0
Mech.
1:37.169
66.688
DNS
no time
29 21 40 GTS 6 Tom Lepper(R)/Benicia/CA
30 30 00
TC 8 Tony Wedderburn(R)/Miami/FL
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of Victory:
** - FasterGT
thanMargin
previous
record 00.848 Seconds
TC Margin of Victory: 1 lap and greater then 1 lap
GT Fastest Race Lap: Car # 6 Randy Pobst 01:19.116 - 81.905 MPH
GTS Fastest Race Lap: Car # 1 Brandon Davis 01:25.687 - 75.624 MPH
Race
Statistics
Signed: __________________
Time Posted
Signed: _____________________ ________
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Time Optima
of race:
50:08.775
Best Standing Start Car # 36 - Sunoco Hard Charger Car # 36
Average
speed:
66.764
Invisible
Glass Clean
Pass ofmph
the Race Car # 18 - MTM Special Ops Best Move of the Race Car # 97
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[#4 1-31]Qualifier: Randy Pobst, 1:18.962 (82.064 mph)
GT Fastest
04-07-2010 13:04:06
GTS Fastest Qualifier: Peter Cunningham, 1:25.605 (75.696 mph)
TC Fastest Qualifier: Mark Hein, 1:28.821 (72.955 mph)
GT Fastest Race Lap: Randy Pobst, 1:19.116 (81.905 mph)
GTS Fastest Race Lap: Brandon Davis, 1:25.687 (75.624 mph)
Optima Battery Best Standing Start: Dan Gardner, advanced four positions on standing start.
MTM Special Ops Best Move of the Race: Tony Rivera
Sunoco Hard Charger of the Race: Dan Gardner, advanced five positions in the race.
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World Challenge • Round Three • Streets of Long Beach
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Wittmer Dominates for World Challenge Win at Long Beach;
McQuarrie, Stout Class Winners
LONG BEACH, Calif. (April 18, 2010) – Kuno Wittmer, of Montreal, led flag-to-flag to claim victory at the
Toyo Tires World Challenge at Long Beach Presented by Bondurant, the final race of the Toyota Grand Prix
of Long Beach. Tyler McQuarrie, of Walnut Creek, Calif., and Robert Stout, of Brownsburg, Ind., captured
the GTS and Touring Car classes, respectively.
Wittmer’s race weekend was nearly perfect in the No. 13 Dodge Motorsports Dodge Viper, earning the
pole with a new track record, and cruising to an 8.475-second margin of victory.
With a clear vision of the first turn from his
front row starting position, Wittmer rocketed
away from the standing start and had opened
up over a full second lead on the first lap.
That gap continued to grow, and at lap 16 was
at 7.271 seconds.
“The most important thing was to get off the
line,” Wittmer said. “I had Brandon [Davis]
behind me and I know he has two years of
experience with the standing start in his car. I
only have three races now in the Viper. On top
of that, we had the two all-wheel-drive Volvos
sitting second and fourth. But, they didn’t
really get off the line.”
Leading by 10.579 seconds by lap 20,
Wittmer dominated at Long Beach,
Wittmer was able to cruise to the finish.
winning by an 8.475 second margin of victory.
“I got away and looked in the mirror and
saw Brandon behind me and I was just trying
to pace myself and not look back,” Wittmer continued. “Brandon put the pressure on early. He was
catching us for sure at different points. But the Viper product proved to be the car to have today. The team
really did a great job. I can tell you, for the next month, before the next race, I know that car is going to
be in pieces, going through it trying to make it quicker.”
Wittmer averaged a record 80.787 mph over the 29-lap, 57.072-mile race that ran without a full-course
caution period. It was the 26-year-old’s fifth career World Challenge victory, but his first in the GT class. He
also turned the fastest lap of the race at 1:25.797 (82.576 mph), a new Long Beach race record.
Dino Crescentini, of Manhattan Beach, Calif., sliced his way through the GT field in his No. 4 Centric
Parts/Stoptech/GMG Porsche 911 GT3 from his sixth starting position to finish as the runner-up to Wittmer.
Crescentini made up two positions by the first turn, and held that position until lap 8 when he was passed
by Ron Fellows in the No. 2 Carlisle Companies/Cragar Chevrolet Corvette and dropped to fifth.
On lap 17, Crescentini began his charge. He passed Fellows for fourth, and then picked off Boris Said
in the No. 3 Applied Comp Solutions/Sun Microsystems Ford Mustang GT for third on lap 20. He slipped
past Brandon Davis in the No. 1 Applied Comp Solutions Ford Mustang GT for second on lap 23, but wasn’t
able to significantly close the gap on Wittmer.
The charge through the top-five earned Crescentini the MTM Special Ops Best Move of the Race
award.
“I was a bit apprehensive at the start,” Crscentini said. “I couldn’t see the start lights and needed to
have my crew call the start. The car was the same at the end as it was at the very beginning. It was all
about out-braking everyone today. In every corner on every lap, I was able to out-brake people. I can’t
out-power them so I had to out-brake them.
“I had the most fun today I’ve ever had in a race car. It was just so busy the entire time and such good
racing.”
The runner-up finish did boost Crescentini into the GT Championship lead with 292 points, one point
ahead of Wittmer and just two ahead of Global Motorsports Group teammate James Sofronas.
Davis, of Huntington Beach, Calif., held onto third position in his first GT race of the season. Davis
finished on the podium in Rounds One and Two in St. Petersburg in the GTS class.
Said, of Carlsbad, Calif., held on for fourth position after a multi-lap battle with Fellows ended when the
Corvette blew an engine on lap 27. Fellows finished 18th in class, but earned the Invisible Glass Clean
Pass of the Race when he passed Said on lap 25 to momentarily gain the fourth position.
Defending race winner Sofronas, of Newport Beach, Calif., completed the top-five in the No. 14 GMG
Porsche 911 GT3.
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Randy Pobst (Volvo S60) finished sixth after starting second on the grid, followed by Jeff Courtney
(Dodge Viper) in seventh. Rob Morgan (Porsche 911 GT3), Andy Pilgrim (Volvo S60) and Tony Gaples
(Chevrolet Corvette) completed the top-10.
Bill Ziegler earned the Sunoco Hard Charger award for improving seven positions to finish 11th in
GT and overall in the No. 05 Swisher Racing Porsche 911 GT3. Jason Daskalos improved five positions
on the opening lap in the No. 5 Daskalos Developments Dodge Viper to earn the Optima Batteries Best
Standing Start.
McQuarrie, making his World Challenge debut, cruised to a 49.535-second flag-to-flag victory in his No.
19 LPL/DRS/Switcars/LCS/Dayco/M&T Lotus Exige S.
Starting on pole, McQuarrie got a jump on the field on the first lap, aided in part by the poor luck of
Peter Cunningham in the No. 43 Acura/RealTime Racing Acura TSX. Following contact with another car,
Cunningham’s hood opened into the windshield of his Acura on lap one, forcing him into the pits that put
him a lap down and ended any challenge the Series’ all-time wins leader could have given McQuarrie.
“I had a great start and actually got by a couple of GT cars,” McQuarrie said. “I didn’t have a working
radio in the race, so I didn’t actually realize who was behind me. I looked up at the screen on the second
lap and saw one of the Acuras head to the pits with the hood up. I dialed it back just a little bit when I
felt I could.”
McQuarrie also competed in last week’s Formula Drift event at Long Beach.
“I have to really thank the LPL and DRS team. They only got this car about five weeks ago and really
did a fantastic job with it. To be able to run it here at Long Beach—to run both weekends, is really
awesome. I think April in Long Beach is a little bit like May in Indy. It’s a special time and to win here
is just awesome.”
Cunningham, the GTS points leader, finished sixth.
The GTS win was the first time a Lotus had won a race of any kind at Long Beach since Mario Andretti
won the 1977 Formula One event in a John Player Lotus.
Acura/RealTime Racing’s Nick Esayian, of San Diego, Calif., finished a distant second to McQuarrie in
the No. 34 Acura TSX for his third podium finish in as many races on the season. Michael Pettiford, of
Louisville, Colo., finished third in the No. 41 Go4It Racing Schools/Hawk Chevrolet Corvette in finishing
third.
Charles Espenlaub, driving as a replacement driver for Grey’s Anatomy star Patrick Dempsey, finished
fourth in the No. 03 Mazdaspeed/Stoptech/ProParts MAZDA3. Dempsey practiced on Friday and Saturday,
but was unable to make the race because of commitments to filming the television show.
Gary Tolar, of Corona, Calif., finished fifth in the No. 86 GMG/GT Racing LLC Porsche 996.
Cunningham remains the GTS Drivers’ Championship leader with 358 points over Esayian (317) and
Pettiford (275).
Stout’s Touring Car win made him, at 18 years old, one month and 16 days, the youngest winner in
World Challenge. The youngster started second in class in the No. 18 DG-Spec/Scion/TRD/Lucas Oil/Scion
tC, but had grabbed the lead from polesitter Nick Wittmer by the first time past the line.
By lap seven, Stout’s lead was stretched to over 10 seconds and he raced to a 19.666-second margin
of victory.
“I felt like I got off to a decent start,” Stout said. “I worked my way around Nick [Wittmer] a lap or so
after the start. I heard he had some problems over the radio. I knew I had a pretty good gap over second
place at that point and I tried to take it as easy as I could.”
Even with the big lead, the end of the race had a couple of nervous moments for Stout.
“With about 10 laps to go, I started to have some problems with the left rear,” he said. “I didn’t even
know if I was going to make it, so I really tried to take it easy through the right handers. But the car came
through and we made it through with a first place finish.
“There are so many Toyota representatives here at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach and the support
for Team Scion has been amazing. This is one of the biggest races in the world. I couldn’t ask for anything
more than to win at Long Beach.”
Stout was followed across the stripe by Eric Meyer, of Indianapolis, Ind., in the No. 32 XOWii/
Samaritan’s Feet/Delvira Mazda RX-8. Meyer battled with Stout’s teammate, Dan Gardner, in the No. 36
DG Spec/Scion/TRD/Lepper&Associates Scioon tC for the first half of the race, but inherited the second
position for good on lap 15 when Gardner’s day ended after a brush of the wall.
Montreal’s Nick Wittmer, the younger brother of GT race-winner Kuno, recovered from an early flat tire
after contact with another car to finish third.
Stout’s win allows him to inherit the Touring Car Drivers’ Championship lead with 350 points. Meyer
(281), Todd Buras (264), and Gardner (263) trail Stout after three of 12 races.
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• Round
• RESULTS
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RESULTS
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Sanction # [PRWC-03-10] Grand Prix of Long Beach
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Grand Prix of Long Beach at Long Beach Street Course on April 18, as2010
at Long Beach Street Course on April 16-18 2010 Track Length: 1.968 Miles
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Kuno Wittmer/Montreal/QC
Dino Crescentini/Manhattan Beach/CA
Brandon Davis/Huntington Beach/CA
Boris Said/Carlsbad/CA
James Sofronas/Newport Beach/CA
Randy Pobst/Gainesville/GA
Jeff Courtney/Milwaukee/WI
Rob Morgan/Costa Mesa/CA
Andy Pilgrim/Boca Raton/FL
Tony Gaples/Libertyville/IL
William Ziegler/Jacksonville/FL
Jason Daskalos/Albuquerque/NM
Charles Morgan/Dallas/TX
Tomy Drissi/Los Angeles/CA
Brent Holden(R)/Newport Beach/CA
Fred Roberts(R)/Toronto/ON
Nick Mancuso(R)/Mettawa/IL
Tyler McQuarrie(R)/Walnut Creek/CA
Nick Esayian/San Diego/CA
Michael Pettiford/Louisville/CO
Ron Fellows/Mississauga/ON
Charles Espenlaub/Lutz/FL
Gary Tolar(R)/Corona/CA
Peter Cunningham/Milwaukee/WI
Robert Stout(R)/Brownsburg/IN
Eric Meyer(R)/Indianapolis/IN
Nick Wittmer/Montreal/QC
Patrick Lindsey/Santa Barbara/CA
Tommy Chen(R)/Pasadena/CA
Steve Ott(R)/Houston/TX
Tony Rivera/Missouri City/TX
Dan Gardner(R)/Hermosa Beach/CA
Scott Kuhne(R)/Minneapolis/MN
Kevin Marshall(R)/Truckee/CA
Dale Laakso(R)/Trinidad/CA
Kyle Kelley(R)/Huntington Beac/CA
Applied Comp Solution/Ford Mustang GT
Applied Comp Solutions/Ford Mustang GT
GMG/Porsche 911 GT3
Shrek Forever After 3D/Ford Mustang GT
Global Motorsports Group/Porsche 911 GT3
Lake Forest Sportscars/Aston Martin DB9
LPL/DRS/Switcars/LCS/Dayco/M&T/Lotus Exige S
Go4It Racing Schools/Hawk/Chevrolet Corvette
Carlisle Companies/Cragar/Chevrolet Corvette
Mazdaspeed/Stopech/ProParts/Mazda3
GMG/GT Racing LLC/Porsche 996
Honda Racing/HPD Honda Civic Si
Autoworld/Speed Trial USA/Mazda RX-8
Clear Capital/Lotus Exige S
/Acura RSX
UPR Com/Jamison Eng./Chevrolet Corvette
** - FasterGTS
thanMargin
previous
record
of Victory: 49.535 Seconds
GT Fastest Race Lap: Car # 13 Kuno Wittmer 01:25.797 - 82.576 MPH
GTS Fastest Race Lap: Car # 19 Tyler McQuarrie(R) 01:33.488 - 75.783 MPH
TC Fastest Race Lap: Car # 18 Robert Stout(R) 01:37.751 - 72.478 MPH
Series ChiefSigned:
Steward:
__________________
Pat diNatale
PTS
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-27.984
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-30.038
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Series Chief
Signed:
T/S: _____________________
Rich Lankford
Time
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Posted
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Best Standing Start Car # 5 - Sunoco Hard Charger Car # 05
RaceOptima
Statistics
Invisible Glass Clean Pass of the Race Car # 2 - MTM Special Ops Best Move of the Race Car # 4
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Time [#13
of race:
1-29] 42:23.221
04-18-2010 17:26:01
Average speed: 80.787
GT Fastest Qualifier: Kuno Wittmer, 1:24.971 (83.379 mph)**
GTS Fastest Qualifier: Tyler McQuarrie, 1:31.457 (77.466 mph)
Touring Car Fastest Qualifier: Nick Wittmer, 1:36.938 (73.085 mph)
GT Fastest Race Lap: Kuno Wittmer, 1:25.797 (82.576 mph)
GTS Fastest Race Lap: Tyler McQuarrie, 1:33.488 (75.783 mph)
TC Fastest Race Lap: Robert Stout, 1:37.751 (72.478 mph)
Optima Battery Best Standing Start: Jason Daskalos, improved five positions off of the standing start.
Invisible Glass Clean Pass of the Race: Ron Fellows
MTM Special Ops Best Move of the Race: Dino Crescentini
Sunoco Hard Charger of the Race: Bill Ziegler for improving seven positions during the race.
** World Challenge Record
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82.576
81.681
82.437
81.778
81.960
81.209
81.295
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80.937
80.923
80.038
80.704
79.713
81.116
79.302
79.050
79.832
75.783
74.428
74.772
82.114
73.443
72.833
74.956
72.478
71.512
72.238
81.372
66.286
80.616
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World Challenge • Round Four • Mosport Int’l Raceway
Pobst, Heinricy and Herr Win World Challenge One At Mosport
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CANADA (May 22, 2010) – Randy Pobst, of Gainesville, Ga., scored his 24th career World Challenge
win in his 100th start, taking the GT class win at Mosport International Raceway, part of the Victoria Day
Speedfest presented by Optima Batteries. John Heinricy, of Holly, Mich., and Chip Herr, of Lilitz, Pa.,
earned the GTS and Touring Car wins, respectively.
Pobst led flag-to-flag in the No. 6 K-Pax Racing Volvo S60 to claim the win by 2.532-seconds, moving
him into third place on the all-time win chart.
Pobst, teammate Andy Pilgrim, of Boca Raton, Fla., and Montreal’s Kuno Wittmer gapped the rest of
the 30-car field early in the race. When Pilgrim’s No. 8 K-Pax Racing Volvo S60 fell off the pace and out
of the race with mechanical difficulties on lap
14, it left Pobst and Wittmer all alone.
Despite Wittmer’s local knowledge of his
home-country track, Pobst was able to hold
off the No. 13 Dodge Viper and finish with
his second win of the season. Pobst covered
the 30-lap, 73.77-mile race in 42-minutes,
33.309-seconds for an average speed of
104.011 mph. Pobst also turned the fastest
lap of the race with a 1:23.859 (105.563
mph), faster than the existing Mosport race
record.
“I’m lucky to be part of this effort,” Pobst
said. “It’s been quite an effort to develop
Herr and Lepper battled it out for
this car. This weekend we learned a lot,
top spot in Touring Car.
making some suspension changes to help the
handling. To come to a place like Mosport and
be competitive is really a pleasure.
“I was helped by Andy [Pilgrim] and Kuno [Wittmer] battling at the beginning of the race. The traffic
situations were really tough. I think most drivers were making an effort to do their best. The most exciting
part of the race for me was when I put a pretty nice pass on a Porsche in Turn Nine, and I don’t think he
ever knew I was there—even though I was ahead of him—and ran into the side of me pretty hard.
“From then on, I was hearing all sorts of noises and coming around those fast corners wondering if one
of the tires was going to let go. But the Toyos held up and the Volvo held up and we brought it home. I’m
very happy for the K-Pax team and owner Jim Haughey.”
After beginning the standing start from the second row in third position behind the two K-Pax Volvos,
Wittmer chased Pobst throughout the race, and while looking for a win, was satisfied with the final
result.
“The Dodge Motorsports Viper stayed really consistent,” Wittmer said. “The Volvos were quick off the
start and I tried to hang on to Andy [Pilgrim]. I was able to draft up to him and unfortunately he had a
problem. It’s disappointing when a guy you’re having a good race with drops out. I was looking forward to
trying to put a good pass on him at some point.
“When Andy dropped out, I set my sights on Randy. It was two-tenths here and two-tenths there and
then maybe lose a tenth here or there. It was tough out there and it was hot. With 10 to go, some of the
power steering fluid started to leak and it was a little tough to drive the car into the high-speed corners,
like two. It took more effort and we lost a little time.
“I feel pretty good. We’re sitting second in points which meets our goal—our objective right now at this
stage of the season. We still have a lot of work to do, and we have another race tomorrow, so we’ll put our
heads down and do some more work.”
Third place was inherited by Patrick Lindsey, of Santa Barbara, Calif., in the No. 57 Horton/Sloan
Securities Porsche 911 GT3 when Pilgrim dropped out with a transmission cooler leak. For the final 10
laps, Lindsey fought to hold off defending Mosport race winner Jason Daskalos in the No. 5 Daskalos
Developments Dodge Viper.
Despite repeated attempts and a last-corner desperation attempt by Daskalos to take third place,
Lindsey earned his first career GT class podium finish.
“I had to fend off Jason Daskalos for a few laps there at the start,” Lindsey said. “Unfortunately, we
came together at 5B. He had a really fast racecar. I think he got the short end of the stick from our contact.
I feel bad for him.
“I had a really pretty boring race until Jason drove back up to our car. It was a good race. It’s a great
track. We’re really happy to be here racing, especially on Victoria Day weekend.”
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Daskalos fought back to fourth after falling back to as low as ninth, earning the Invisible Glass Clean
Pass of the Race for his move by Dino Crescentini on the outside of Turn Eight. Crescentini, of Manhattan
Beach, Calif., finished fifth in the No. 4 Centric Parts/Stoptech/GMG Porsche 911 GT3.
Jeff Courtney (No. 99 Kenda Tire Dodge Viper), Tony Gaples (No. 29 Kleinschmidt/Blackdog Racing
Chevrolet Corvette) and Rob Morgan (No. 46 TruSpeed Motorsports/Querencia Porsche 911 GT3) finished
sixth through eighth respectively.
Toronto-native Fred Roberts (No. 89 Direct Energy Home Services Dodge Viper) earned his best career
finish and strengthened his lead in the GameStreamer GT Rookie of the Year standings.
Tony Rivera (No. 97 Nissan/Brass Monkey Racing Nissan GT-R) finished tenth, and earned the Optima
Batteries Best Standing Start award for advancing two positions on lap one.
With the win, Pobst has reclaimed the Drivers’ Championship lead with 421 points through four of
12 rounds. Wittmer remains in second (400), followed by Crescentini (372), Pilgrim (334) and James
Sofronas (290).
Volvo (27 points) now owns a slim lead in the Manufacturers’ Championship, followed by Porsche (26)
and Dodge (21).
In the GTS class, Heinricy and his No. 35 Torvec/Phoenix/Hawk Chevrolet Corvette pulled away from
championship leader, polesitter Peter Cunningham, and slowly stretched his lead throughout the race,
earning his sixth career World Challenge win with a 22.099-second margin of victory.
Heinricy, making his first World Challenge start since a July race at Portland International Raceway in
2005, turned the fastest GTS lap of the race with a time of 1:30.763 (97.533 mph).
“This is really a testament to the Corvettes that Joe Aquilante and his team put together,” Heinricy said.
“These are very stock cars but they make dynamite race cars. To run with the stock brakes with the help
of Hawk pads and SKF with the wheel bearings really helped us out to make it through the race. Really,
the opportunity was helped by Torvec and the isotorque differential I’ve been working with them on. I think
the differential really helped keep the tires underneath the car today.
“The car was perfect the whole race. It really ran good.”
Cunningham, of Milwaukee, Wis., and Tyler McQuarrie, who won the Round Three contest at Long
Beach, battled for second for nearly the entire 30 laps. McQuarrie’s No. 19 LPL/DRS/Switcars/LCS/
Dayco/M&T Lotus Exige S was in front for the first six laps, before Cunningham took second place from
the Walnut Creek, Calif. driver with a pass entering turn eight at the end of the long backstraight. On lap
24, McQuarrie worked back past Cunningham’s No. 43 Acura/RealTime Racing Acura TSX and, despite
sliding sideways through a number of Mosport’s fast corners, the drifting star-turned-road racer earned the
runner-up finish.
McQuarrie was presented the MTM Special Ops Move of the Race for recovering to finish second.
Cunningham finished third, followed by teammate Nick Esayian in the No. 34 Acura/RealTime Racing
Acura TSX.
Cunningham remains in the Drivers’ Championship lead, holding a 57-point gap over Esayian. Acura has
a commanding lead in the GTS Manufacturers’ Championship.
The tightest race of the three classes came in the Touring Car battle, where the Scion tC machines
of Robert Stout, of Brownsburg, Ind., and Tom Lepper, of Benecia, Calif., and the Irish Mike’s Racing
Volkswagen Jetta GLIs of Herr and Greg Shaffer, of Harrisonburg, Va., looked poised for a four car battle
early.
Polesitter Stout pulled out to an early lead in the No. 18 DG-Spec/Scion/TRD/Lucas Oil Scion tC,
gapping the other three drivers through the first 12 laps. An off-course excursion by Shaffer in the No. 49
Irish Mike’s Racing machine sent him to pit lane to check for damage.
That left Herr, in the No. 50 Irish Mike’s Racing Volkswagen Jetta GLI, and Lepper, in the No. 36 DG
Spec/Scion/TRD/Lepper & Associates Scion tC, to chase down Stout. Together, they caught the 18-year-old
Touring Car Championship leader and, after hounding him for a handful of laps in a three-car nose-to-tail
train, left themselves in position to strike.
When Stout ran wide in Turn Five, both Herr and Lepper got by and immediately pulled away from
Stout. Lepper remained in Herr’s tire tracks for the remaining 12 laps, but couldn’t complete a pass for
the lead.
At the finish, Herr was ahead of Lepper by just 0.224-second. The win was the third for Irish Mike’s
Racing after Todd Buras’ sweep of St. Petersburg, and the seventh career World Challenge win for Herr in
his first start of the season.
“I was worried what was going to happen in front of us, starting with the Touring Cars at the back of the
field,” Herr, who started fourth, said. “We funneled into Turn One and I fell back to fifth. I just put my
head down—I knew it was going to be a 50-minute race.
“When you’re in fifth, you just don’t know what’s going to happen. My teammate slid off. Robert [Stout]
just went wide in 5B. I don’t know if he looked in his mirror, but he just went over the table-top and went
a car width wide. I took my regular line and went by and I’m sure Tom did the same.
“Mike Flynn has worked hard to develop these Volkswagens and I feel like I had the easy job today to
just jump in the car and drive. It was a great day.”
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Herr’s advancement of six positions overall earned the Sunoco Hard Charger award for the race. Lepper’s
runner-up finish was his first World Challenge podium in five career starts. Eric Meyer, driving the No. 32
XOWii/Samaritan’s Feet/Delvira Mazda RX-8, managed to catch and pass Stout on the final lap of the race
for his second-consecutive podium finish.
Stout finished fourth, followed by Robb Holland in the No. 22 Track Pro/Emich VW Volkswagen GTI.
Including bonus points for pole positon and most laps led, Stout (460 points) was able to stretch his
lead in the Touring Car Drivers’ Championship over Eric Meyer (376). Scion (31 points) now leads the
Touring Car Manufacturers’ Championship by four points over Volkswagen, ahead of Mazda (16) and
Honda (13).
FINAL RACE RESULTS
World Challenge Round Four
World Challenge • Round Four • RESULTS
Sanction # [PRWC-04-10] Victoria Day Speedfest
Day Speedfest
at Mosport on May 22, 2010
at Mosport on May 21-23 2010Victoria
Track Length:
2.459 Miles
PS ST CAR
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32
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01
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8
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GT 2 Kuno Wittmer/Montreal/QC
GT 3 Patrick Lindsey/Santa Barbara/CA
GT 6 Jeff Courtney/Milwaukee/WI
GT 7 Tony Gaples/Libertyville/IL
GT 8 Rob Morgan/Costa Mesa/CA
GT 9 Fred Roberts(R)/Toronto/ON
GT 10 Tony Rivera/Missouri City/TX
GT 11 Charles Morgan/Dallas/TX
GT 12 William Ziegler/Jacksonville/FL
GTS 1 John Heinricy/Holly/MI
GTS 2 Tyler McQuarrie(R)/Walnut Creek/CA
GTS 3 Peter Cunningham/Milwaukee/WI
GTS 4 Nick Esayian/San Diego/CA
TC 1 Chip Herr/Lititz/PA
TC 2 Tom Lepper(R)/Benicia/CA
TC 5 Robb Holland/Denver/CO
TC 6 Don Istook/Fort Worth/TX
TC 8 Charlie Solomon(R)/Waxahachie/TX
TC 9 Greg Shaffer(R)/Harrisonburg/VA
GT
Scott Bove/Conifer/CO
GTS 5 Paul Dagis(R)/Trois-Riveres/QC
Torvec/Phoenix/Hawk/Chevrolet Corvette
Track Pro/Emich VW/VW GTI
Revo Technik/Carbotech/Volkswagen GTI
DR. Natasha.com/DC Racing/Mazda RX-8
GMG/Porsche 911 GT3
michip.com/BMW M3
Autohaus/MD&F/Honda Civic Si
of record
Victory: 02.532 Seconds
** Faster GT
than Margin
previous
GTS Fastest Race Lap: Car # 35 John Heinricy 01:30.763 - 97.533 MPH
TCStatistics
Fastest Race Lap: Car # 36 Tom Lepper(R) 01:36.170 - 92.049 MPH
Race
Time
of race:
42:33.309
Series Chief
Steward:
Pat diNatale
Signed: __________________
Average speed:
104.011
Time Posted
Signed: _____________________ ________
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Car # 14 Qualifier:
disqualified for Randy
non compliance.
GT Fastest
Pobst, 1:23.439 (106.094 mph)
Optima Best Standing Start Car # 97
GTS Fastest
Qualifier:
Sunoco Hard
Charger CarPeter
# 50 Cunningham, 1:30.408 (97.916 mph)
TC Fastest
Qualifier:
Robert
Stout,
(92.751 mph)
Invisible Glass
Clean Pass
of the Race
Car # 1:35.442
19
MTM Special Ops Best Move of the Race Car # 5
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------GT Fastest
Race
Lap:
Car
#
6
Randy
Pobst
01:23.859
- 105.563 mph**
[#6 1-30]
PTS
135
109
98
88
80
76
72
68
64
60
57
54
51
132
109
107
91
121
112
95
110
80
76
72
68
73
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LAPS STATUS
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** 1:23.859
-2.532
** 1:24.004
-29.610
1:24.605
-30.085
1:24.632
-40.688
1:25.131
-49.537
1:25.595
-52.949
1:25.472
-1:16.391
1:26.255
-1:30.123
1:25.843
-1 lap
1:27.027
-1 lap
1:27.006
-1 lap
1:29.585
-2 laps
1:26.018
-2 laps
1:30.763
-2 laps
1:31.308
-2 laps
1:31.336
-3 laps
1:33.007
-3 laps
1:36.209
-3 laps
1:36.170
-3 laps
1:36.396
-3 laps
1:36.384
-4 laps
1:37.298
-4 laps
1:38.745
-4 laps
1:38.471
-5 laps
1:40.093
-6 laps
1:36.691
Mech.
1:24.263
Mech.
no time
DNS
no time
DNS
no time
105.563
105.380
104.632
104.598
103.985
103.422
103.570
102.630
103.123
101.720
101.744
98.815
102.913
97.533
96.951
96.921
95.180
92.012
92.049
91.833
91.845
90.982
89.649
89.898
88.441
91.553
105.056
05-23-2010 09:16:46
GTS Fastest Race Lap: Car # 35 John Heinricy 01:30.763 - 97.533 mph
TC Fastest Race Lap: Car # 36 Tom Lepper(R) 01:36.170 - 92.049 mph
Optima Battery Best Standing Start: Tony Rivera for advancing two positions on the standing start.
Invisible Glass Clean Pass of the Race: Jason Daskalos
MTM Special Ops Best Move of the Race: Tyler McQuarrie
Sunoco Hard Charger of the Race: Chip Herr advanced six positions overall.
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SPONSOR/CAR
as licensed to: SCCA PRO RACING DEPT.
World Challenge • Round Five • Mosport Int’l Raceway
2010 Review
Fellows Takes Hometown World Challenge Win at Mosport;
Heinricy Wins GTS, Stout Touring
CANADA (May 23, 2010) – The ‘Mayor of Mosport’ ruled once again, as Ron Fellows, of Mississauga,
Ontario, captured Sunday’s World Challenge GT race—the Victoria Day Speedfest Presented by Optima
Batteries at Mosport International Raceway. John Heinricy, of Holly, Mich., and Robert Stout, of
Brownsburg, Ind., captured the GTS and Touring Car class wins, respectively.
Starting second in the No. 2 Carlisle Companies/Cragar Wheels Chevrolet Corvette, Fellows stalked and
eventually moved past polesitter and early leader Randy Pobst, of Gainesville, Ga., to take a 2.441-second
win, averaging 103.972 mph in the 30-lap,
73.77-mile contest.
Fellows missed Saturday’s opening half of
the Mosport World Challenge doubleheader
due to a race commitment at Mazda Raceway
Laguna Seca, but was able to place his
Corvette second on the grid to Pobst’s No.
6 K-Pax Racing Volvo S60. At the standing
start, Pobst’s all-wheel drive vehicle rocketed
away and third-starting Kuno Wittmer, of
Montreal, jumped to second in his No. 13
Dodge Motorsports Dodge Viper.
Wittmer would not hold Fellows back for
long, as the hometown hero moved past his
countryman in Turn 10 and set his sights on
Fellows, nicknamed the ‘Mayor of
Pobst. Fellows ran down the leader, turning a
Mosport’, captured Round 5 at Mosport.
record fastest race lap of 1:23.828 (105.602
mph) in the process. On lap 15, Fellows and
Pobst went side-by-side down the front stretch and through Turn One. The pair split the Touring Car of
Eric Meyer between Turns One and Two and Fellows had the inside line for the downhill second corner,
solidifying the lead.
The move earned Fellows the Invisible Glass Clean Pass of the Race.
From there, Fellows slowly pulled out a gap on Pobst to capture his fourth World Challenge win and third
at Mosport International Raceway.
“I got a terrible start, but other than that it was just a matter of being patient,” Fellows said. “Even
though I hadn’t raced here much lately, it comes back to you. To be honest, the slick conditions may have
helped. I was hoping it stayed overcast, but our car is lighter than the Volvos and that was probably better.
It was a lot of fun, and feels good.
“I had gotten alongside Randy [Pobst] a couple of times, but I knew it wasn’t enough to get past him.
We went side-by-side through eight, and then nine, and we got through 10. But we caught traffic in the
right place, and got by. It’s good, but it’s a little tricky. The closing speed on the Touring Cars here is fast,
and it can be difficult.”
Fellows most difficult part of the weekend may have been making his connections on red-eye flights
from San Francisco.
“Our perfect storm this weekend was making our second flight,” a weary, but satisfied Fellows added.
“I flew from San Francisco to Calgary to Toronto last night, and I made our flight in Calgary with three
minutes to spare. If I had missed that connection, I might not even be here.”
A winner in Saturday’s Round Four race, Pobst recorded his third podium finish of the year and extended
his series Championship point lead.
“Ron got by me a couple of times. He was coming, and I knew it,” Pobst said. “But I thought, ‘I’m not
going to make a mistake and just hand it to him.’ I knew early in the race that he was coming steadily. I
had a traffic situation that closed the lead up and I knew I was in trouble.
“He closed on me at the end of the backstraight in the draft, because our Volvo punches a big old hole
in the air. He got by me, and I dive bombed him on the brakes, and then we went through nine and 10 on
the straight and he got by, and I dive bombed him again. We might have made contact, but just a kiss.
“Right ahead of us was that Touring Car, and it was like a tsunami coming down on a sunbather on the
beach. I was hoping he would stay wide, and I was going to use him as a pick. I don’t know if he saw the
yellow [of Fellows’ car], or he was Canadian, but he came out of the corner and pulled back right which
caused me to wait to get on the power. Ron went left and had a hole. That was it. I couldn’t run with him
after that.”
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Behind the lead pair, Wittmer ran a strong third for 28 of the 30 laps, until hard-charging Jason
Daskalos, of Albuquerque, N.M. moved past in his No. 5 Daskalos Developments Dodge Viper in Turn
One of the penultimate lap. It marked the first 2010 podium finish for Daskalos, who captured the World
Challenge GT win at Mosport in 2009.
Wittmer, who finished second on Saturday, brought his Dodge Viper home fourth on Sunday. Patrick
Lindsey, of Santa Barbara, Calif., completed the top five in his No. 57 Horton/Sloan Securities Porsche
911 GT3, putting four manufacturers in the top five.
James Sofronas (No. 14 GMG Porsche 911 GT3) started last after missing qualifying as he travelled from
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, and finished sixth, earning the Sunoco Hard Charger Award for his effort.
Tony Rivera (No. 97 Nissan/Brass Monkey Racing Nissan GT-R) earned his second-consecutive Optima
Batteries Best Standing Start for advancing five positions on the opening lap.
Pobst’s runner-up finish extended his point lead to 47 over Wittmer (541 to 494), followed by Crescentini
(420), Andy Pilgrim (383) and Daskalos (379). Volvo also extended its point lead in the Manufacturers’
Championship to seven (35 to 28) over Porsche. Dodge is third, with 26.
For the second-consecutive race in the GTS class, Heinricy started second in the No. 35 Torvec/Phoenix/
Hawk Chevrolet Corvette, but brought the car home in a dominating win. Heinricy got the holeshot on
polesitter Tyler McQuarrie, of Walnut Creek, Calif., and never looked back, cruising to a 14.201-second
victory.
“The biggest difference today was that Tyler [McQuarrie] got a really good start, and I couldn’t get a jump
on he and Peter [Cunningham],” Heinricy said. “Then, it was a matter of staying close to him through the
early laps. I knew if I stayed close I could get by him on the straight, and if I didn’t do that it was really
going to be a tough race. I did get by there, and I kept watching my mirrors. Every time I got to Turn 5a,
I looked in my mirrors and he was right there. He’d fade a little bit, and then catch back up, and I had
to just keep pushing. I used up my car more than I did yesterday, so I was concerned about that. I had to
keep it smooth, and try to maintain that gap. When he fell off, it was a relief.
“This GTS class is a great move for the series. The cars can be relatively inexpensive, because they’re
already prepared for another series. I appreciate the change, and appreciate the opportunity to bring the
Corvette out here and get to race with these guys.”
McQuarrie ran second early in the No. 19 LPL/DRS/Switcars/LCS/Dayco/M&T Lotus Exige S, but dropped
back to third behind the No. 43 Acura/RealTime Racing Acura TSX of Peter Cunningham after his car began
to lose power. On lap 24, the car’s issues seem to cure themselves and McQuarrie worked his way past the
five-time Champion for good to take the runner-up position.
Cunningham’s third place finish extended his Championship lead over Nick Esayian, who finished
fourth in the No. 34 Acura/RealTime Racing Acura TSX. Cunningham holds a 67-point advantage over
Esayian. McQuarrie is now third in the Championship, with 359 points. Acura maintains a commanding
Manufacturers Championship in the GTS category.
For the second-straight day, the Touring Car class put on a nose-to-tail race battle in which point leader
Stout came out on top to record his second-career victory.
Polesitter and Round Four winner Chip Herr, of Lititz, Pa., led from the standing start in the No. 50
Irish Mike’s Racing Volkswagen Jetta GLI, but he was never far ahead of Stout’s No. 18 DG-Spec/Scion/
TRD/Lucas Oil Scion tC and the No. 22 Track Pro/Emich VW Volkswagen GTI of Denver, Colorado’s Robb
Holland.
Stout and Holland traded second place a number of times but never fell off Herr’s back bumper. On lap
24, Herr was balked in Turn Five—the same corner in which he took the lead from Stout on Saturday—and
Stout was able to move to the point.
Despite numerous attempts over the last several laps by both Herr and Holland, 18-year-old Stout held
on for the win by 0.507-second. Stout earned the MTM Special Ops Move of the Race for his multiple
passes throughout the contest.
“This Scion really had some troubles yesterday in the race, but in qualifying this morning we came out
really strong,” Stout said. “Early on, we were battling for second, and I was really bumping and grinding
to get that position. It was a dogfight trying to catch Chip [Herr], and once we did, it was a battle all the
way. The GT traffic gave me an opening with a couple of laps to go, and he just couldn’t find a spot to get
back around me. It was a very tough race.”
Herr held on for second, and Holland, who turned a record fast lap of 1:35.865 (92.342 mph) in the
race, finished a career-best third.
Greg Shaffer finished fourth in the No. 49 Irish Mike’s Racing Volkswagen Jetta GLI and Eric Meyer
completed the top five in the No. 32 XOWii/Samaritan’s Feet/Delvira Mazda RX-8.
Stout’s win extended his Touring Car Drivers’ Championship point lead to 131 points over Meyer (587
to 456). Brett Sandberg is third, with 301, followed by Todd Buras (264) and Dan Gardner (263). Scion
leads the Touring Car Manufacturers’ Championship by five points, 40 to 35 over Volkswagen. Mazda is
third, with 18, followed by Honda, with 13.
World Challenge
Round
Five • RESULTS
FINAL•RACE
RESULTS
World Challenge Round Five
Victoria
Speedfest at Mosport on May 23, 2010
Sanction # [PRWC-05-10] Victoria
DayDay
Speedfest
at Mosport on May 21-23 2010 Track Length: 2.459 Miles
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PS ST CAR
1
2
3
4
5
6
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99
46
89
47
29
97
96
05
35
19
43
4
34
18
50
22
49
32
36
28
01
21
8
SPONSOR/CAR
GT 1 Ron Fellows/Mississauga/ON
GT 4 Kuno Wittmer/Montreal/QC
GT 5 Patrick Lindsey/Santa Barbara/CA
GT 6 James Sofronas/Newport Beach/CA
GT 7 Jeff Courtney/Milwaukee/WI
GT 8 Rob Morgan/Costa Mesa/CA
GT 9 Fred Roberts(R)/Toronto/ON
GT 10 Charles Morgan/Dallas/TX
GT 11 Tony Gaples/Libertyville/IL
GT 12 Tony Rivera/Missouri City/TX
GT 14 William Ziegler/Jacksonville/FL
GTS 1 John Heinricy/Holly/MI
GTS 2 Tyler McQuarrie(R)/Walnut Creek/CA
GTS 3 Peter Cunningham/Milwaukee/WI
GTS 4 Nick Esayian/San Diego/CA
TC 2 Chip Herr/Lititz/PA
TC 6 Tom Lepper(R)/Benicia/CA
TC 9 Charlie Solomon(R)/Waxahachie/TX
GMG/Porsche 911 GT3
Torvec/Phoenix/Hawk/Chevrolet Corvette
Track Pro/Emich VW/VW GTI
GTS
of Victory:
** - Faster
thanMargin
previous
GT Fastest Race Lap: Car # 2 Ron Fellows 01:23.828 - 105.602 MPH
GTS Fastest Race Lap: Car # 35 John Heinricy 01:30.765 - 97.531 MPH
TC Fastest Race Lap: Car # 22 Robb Holland 01:35.865 - 92.342 MPH
Race
Statistics
Series Chief
Steward:Pat diNatale
Signed: __________________
Time Posted
Signed: _____________________ ________
Time-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------of race: Overall Race: 42:34.246
Optima
Best Standing
Start CarMiles
# 97 per Hour
Average
speed:
103.972
PTS
LAPS STATUS
132
120
92
94
80
76
72
68
64
60
57
54
51
48
132
115
101
48
91
127
125
101
91
80
79
72
68
64
49
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26
16
** 1:23.828
-2.441
** 1:24.051
-31.661
1:24.791
-32.832
1:24.528
-39.382
1:24.961
-40.596
1:25.268
-1:04.380
1:25.757
-1:14.250
1:26.547
-1 lap
1:26.663
-1 lap
1:27.189
-1 lap
1:27.347
-1 lap
1:27.333
-1 lap
1:26.615
-1 lap
1:28.888
-2 laps
1:30.765
-2 laps
1:30.921
-2 laps
1:31.711
-2 laps
1:25.530
-3 laps
1:33.112
-3 laps
1:36.469
-3 laps
1:36.664
-3 laps
** 1:35.865
-4 laps
1:36.877
-4 laps
1:36.189
-4 laps
1:37.273
-4 laps
1:37.606
-4 laps
1:38.688
-4 laps
1:39.275
-14 laps
1:24.907
05-23-2010 16:09:41
Sunoco Hard Charger Car # 14
Invisible Glass Clean Pass of the Race Car # 2
RACEMTM
2 Qualifiers
Special Ops Best Move of the Race Car # 18
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------GT Fastest
Qualifier: Randy Pobst, 1:22.765 (106.958 mph)
[#6 1-14] [#2 15-30]
GTS Fastest Qualifier: Tyler McQuarrie, 1:30.478 (97.840 mph)
TC Fastest Qualifier: Chip Herr, 1:36.089 (92.127 mph)
GT Fastest Race Lap: Ron Fellows, 1:23.828 (105.602 mph)**
GTS Fastest Race Lap: John Heinricy, 1:30.765 (97.531 mph)
TC Fastest Race Lap: Robb Holland, 1:35.865 (92.342 mph)
Optima Battery Best Standing Start: Tony Rivera advanced five positions on the opening lap.
Invisible Glass Clean Pass of the Race: Ron Fellows
MTM Special Ops Best Move of the Race: Robert Stout
Sunoco Hard Charger of the Race: James Sofronas gained 10 positions during the race.
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105.602
105.321
104.402
104.727
104.193
103.818
103.226
102.284
102.147
101.531
101.347
101.363
102.204
99.590
97.531
97.363
96.525
103.500
95.072
91.764
91.579
92.342
91.377
92.031
91.005
90.695
89.700
89.170
104.260
World Challenge • Round Six • Watkins Glen
Fellows, Cunningham and Stout Take World Challenge Wins At Watkins Glen
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WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (July 3, 2010) – When Ron Fellows, of Mississauga, Ontario, signed a three-race
World Challenge Championships deal with CRP Racing, one of the races he wanted to run was the World
Challenge Grand Prix of Watkins Glen presented by Sunoco – selected because the Canadian had never
raced on the 3.4-mile full circuit at The Glen. After an 11.775-second GT and overall win on Saturday
afternoon, Fellows can now claim a perfect record on the long course. He was joined in Victory Lane by
Peter Cunningham, of Milwaukee, Wis., and Robert Stout, of Brownsburg, Ind., the GTS and Touring Car
class winners, respectively.
Fellows started second and bogged down
at the standing start, falling 3.486-seconds
behind polesitter Randy Pobst in the No. 6
K-Pax Racing Volvo S60 by the end of lap
three, still in second place.
With a clear track behind he and Pobst,
the Corvette closed to the tail of the Volvo
by the end of lap five. One lap later, Fellows
took a hard look to the inside of Pobst going
into turn one.
Fellows initially appeared to back out of
trying to make the pass under braking, but
Pobst slid wide and off the track on the
outside of turn one. Fellows took the point
and earned the MTM Special Ops Best Move
(Left to Right) Ernie Jakubowski, Peter Cunningham
of the Race.
and Nick Esayian celebrate at Watkins Glen.
“I locked the rear tires as well, which is
why I ended up moving in behind him,” Fellows said. “I was going to make a move to the inside, but he
went in deep. He was closer to the two marker, and I was braking somewhere between the three and the
two, and it was way too early in the race and we would have ended up just banging doors. My car had a
bit of a twitch, but when Randy went off, I went by.”
From there, Fellows cruised to his second-consecutive World Challenge win, averaging 104.056 mph
over the 22-lap, 74.8-mile race. Fellows also turned the race’s fastest lap at 1:55.672 (105.816 mph).
“This is my last race of three with CRP Racing,” Fellows said of his World Challenge plans. “We
had picked three that I really wanted to do - Long Beach, my home track of Mosport on their 50th
anniversary, and here because I hadn’t done the long course before. I’ve got to think Cragar Wheels for
the opportunity.
“When I first started in the Trans-Am Series, we ran on the NASCAR weekend and ran the short course,
and of course again in my NASCAR starts. But I must say, the long course is awesome. That is the most
fun section of the race track, and it’s surprising how much grip you can generate through turn six. I really
enjoyed it, and I’m glad to get a win in the Corvette.”
Kuno Wittmer, of Montreal, made it two Canadians atop the podium when he was also able to get past
Pobst, trying to manage the brakes on his Volvo, on lap eight. Wittmer’s second-place finish capped an
eventful race weekend for the driver sitting second in the Drivers’ Championship after an accident on his
first lap of the second practice session on Friday.
With Wittmer’s car unable to be repaired at the track, the team turned to Jeff Courtney’s No. 99 Kenda
Tires Dodge Viper. Courtney graciously stepped out of the car to allow Wittmer to run the blue machine,
now numbered as the No. 13 Dodge Motorsports Dodge Viper, in qualifying and the race.
“Jeff Courtney deserves all the credit today,” Wittmer said. “For a teammate to give up a car like that
halfway through the season when he’s going for points, the only other person I know who would do that
for me is my brother. It was very nice of him to get out of the car yesterday and give me the ride and go
on to something else.
“It was unfortunate the weekend got off the way it did, but things happen and that’s motorsports. We
were able to turn around and get a good car together for qualifying and toss a couple of things at it for the
race. It was a real Dodge Viper in the race, just impeccable. It drove real nice the whole race. I saw Randy
catch me a couple of times through traffic, which was really hard to get through today. Most of the time we
caught them through the high speed esses, and we’d get bottled up behind them and Randy would catch
me. But hats off to my crew, they gave me a great car today.”
Courtney was able to race what was Tony Gaples’ Blackdog Racing back-up car, finishing 12th in a
Chevrolet Corvette that he didn’t get a full lap in until the first lap of the race.
Despite the early-race difficulties, Pobst managed his K-Pax Volvo well enough to earn a third-place finish.
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“We had a great start in the Volvo,” Pobst said. “I got out to what looked like a big lead, but I’ve been
around and I knew to wait and see how it sorted out. Ron reeled me in pretty quick, and my brakes just
weren’t up to snuff in the race. I had a lot of trouble getting the car to stop, and it made it very tricky to
drive. When you have a rear brake bias, the rear wheels want to lock up.
“I saw Ron coming, and I had been careful with the brakes. I didn’t want to let him through, and I got
in a little deeper and had a lot of trouble getting the car to stop. I got it a little sideways and almost spun
it around. Once Ron got by, I had nothing for him. Kuno also came up in the Viper and I couldn’t keep up
with him either today. We’re happy to have the K-Pax Volvo in the championship lead still, but it’s a long
season and we’ll see what we can do.”
Patrick Lindsey started third in the No. 57 Horton/Sloan Securities Porsche 911 GT3 and was second for
two laps before falling behind Fellows on lap three. Trying to keep pace with the leaders, Lindsey spun on
lap three in turn eight and dropped as low as ninth. He worked his way back through the field, earning fifth
when a battle with James Sofronas in the No. 14 GMG Porsche 911 GT3 ended with Sofronas spinning
in turn seven on lap 19.
Dino Crescentini finished sixth from his eighth place on the grid in the No. 4 Centric Parts/Stoptech/
GMG Porsche 911 GT3. The Round Two winner fought with Gaples’ No. 29 Kleinschmidt/Blackdog Racing
Chevrolet Corvette for several laps, including running side-by-side through turns nine, 10 and 11 before
Crescentini fell behind moving onto the front straight.
Crescentini waited just a half-lap before pouncing again, passing Gaples going into the “bus stop”
chicane to claim seventh place and earn the Invisible Glass Clean Pass of the Race award for his close
racing. That position became sixth place when Sofronas spun. Sofronas finished seventh, one spot ahead
of Gaples.
Charles Morgan (No. 47 Privacy Star/TruSpeed Porsche 911 GT3) led son Rob Morgan (TruSpeed
Motorsports/Querencia Porsche 911 GT3) to ninth and tenth place at the checkered flag.
Despite finishing behind Wittmer, Pobst extended the lead for himself in the Drivers’ Championship
and for Volvo in the Manufacturers’ Championship when bonus points for qualifying and laps led were
included. Pobst now leads 653-600 over Wittmer, followed by Crescentini (515), Daskalos (467) and
Sofronas (438). Volvo leads the Manufacturers’ Championship 38 – 32 over Dodge, with Porsche in third
with 30 points.
In taking the GTS victory by more than one lap, Cunningham extended his World Challenge wins record
to 35 in the No. 43 Acura/RealTime Racing Acura TSX. Despite more wins than anyone in the history of
the Series, this was his first in World Challenge at Watkins Glen.
“My first pro win was here in June of 1987 in the 24 hour race, but it’s nice to get my first World
Challenge win here,” Cunningham said. “It’s such a fun track, this long course is one of the most
challenging in North America and we love it. Everything went without a hitch, so we didn’t have too much
commotion other than the GT cars coming up and us passing the Touring Cars to lap them. Within GTS, I
had my way today. The Acura ran great and I’m glad to have such a strong finish.”
Nick Esayian, of San Diego, Calif., earned his fourth podium and second runner-up finish of the season
in the No. 34 Acura/Real Time Racing Acura TSX.
Ernie Jakubowski, of Oakville, Ontario, followed Esayian to the line in the No. 91 Fuchs/CDOC/Forgeline
Porsche Cayman S to climb onto the podium in his World Challenge debut
Aaron Poveledo finished fourth in the No. 44 Acura/RealTime Racing Acura TSX.
Cunningham now leads the GTS Drivers’ Championship with 701 points, 90 points ahead of Esayian.
Acura also holds a commanding lead of Porsche in the Manufacturers’ Championship.
Stout earned his third Touring Car win in his first season as a professional, rushing to a
29.389-second margin of victory in the No. 18 DG Spec/Scion/TRD/Lucas Oil Scion tC. Stout started
fourth, but by the end of the first lap had just his teammate Dan Gardner and Touring Car polesitter Eric
Meyer ahead of him.
Stout was in the lead by the end of lap two, clicking off laps to keep ahead of the pace. When Meyer’s
No. 32 XOWii/Samartian’s Feet/Delvira Mazda RX-8 made contact with the wall on lap four, Stout earned
some more breathing room. That lead was his for good when Gardner, in the No. 36 DG Spec/Scion/TRD/
Lepper&Associates Scion tC, and Alexander Lvov, driving the No. 9 Honda GMS Honda Civic Si, began to
battle for second place.
The win was even sweeter for Stout, as the No. 18 team had struggled in practice and qualifying on
Friday.
“This weekend a few changes were made to the car, affecting the software in the system,” Stout said.
“It messed with the car a little bit and it wasn’t really happy. We fought with it a lot this weekend, but
we were slowly ticking away. This morning we thought we got it figured out. We went out in the race and
I really had to hit my marks and my shift points. I felt really confident in the car, the team worked really
well, and we got this great finish.
“After I got by Dan and Eric Meyer, I tried to settle in and hit my marks the best I could. I was looking
in my mirror, and Eric had some trouble. I watched Lvov and my teammate battle, and it was a confident
feeling knowing I could stretch out the gap a little bit and just try to hold on. It was great that Dan could
pull it off at the end so that we could get Scion a 1-2 finish, I’m very happy with everything.”
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Gardner, of Hermosa Beach, Calif., and Lvov traded the runner-up position on lap 15, with Lvov moving
into second, and again on lap 18 with two to go. With Gardner trying to hold the position on the final lap,
the two made side-by-side contact on more than one occasion before Lvov ran off track and Gardner raced
to the runner-up position.
Lvov, of St. Petersburg, Russia, finished third for his first Touring Car podium. Brett Sandberg finished
fourth in the No. 28 Whitehall Stable Acura TSX, tying a career best set at the season opener on the
streets of St. Petersburg. Colin Cohen (No. 01 Istook’s Motorsports Volkswagen GTI) finished fifth in
Touring Car.
The win gives the 18-year-old Stout a commanding lead in the Touring Car Drivers’ Championship with
713 points, a 165-point advantage over Meyer, who finished seventh.
“It’s amazing, a lot of people have helped me out to be able to succeed like this,” Stout said of his
Championship lead. “You’re never comfortable when you’re doing this, but it’s nice knowing I have a strong
lead right now. I’m really trying to conserve it and keep telling myself that at the end of the season this is
where I want to be, and not make any moves during the race that will change that in the long run.”
Stout’s win also extended Scion’s lead in the Manufacturers’ Championship to 15 points over
Volkswagen, 49-34. Mazda and Honda are now tied at 18 points.
FINAL RACE RESULTS
World Challenge Round Six
World Challenge
• Round Six • RESULTS
Sanction # [PRWC-06-10] Camping World Grand Prix
Camping World
Grand
Prix at
Watkins
Glen
on July 3, 2010
at Watkins Glen International
on July
2-3 2010
Track
Length:
3.4 International
Miles
PS ST CAR
SPONSOR/CAR
PTS
LAPS STATUS
2
2
132 22
1:55.672
105.816
2
4
106 22 -11.775
1:56.860
104.740
3
1
6
112 22 -12.916
1:56.453
105.106
4
5
5
88 22 -48.526
1:58.199
103.554
5
3
89 22 -50.328
1:57.312
104.337
6
8
4
76 22 -58.054
1:58.809
103.022
7
6
GMG/Porsche 911 GT3
72 22 -1:05.428
1:58.993
102.863
8
7
29 GT 8 Tony Gaples/Libertyville/IL
68 22 -1:12.588
1:58.595
103.208
9
12 47 GT 9 Charles Morgan/Dallas/TX
64 22 -1:36.628
2:00.365
101.690
60 22 -1:42.742
2:00.631
101.466
57 22 -1:42.886
2:00.706
101.403
12 14 99 GT 12 Jeff Courtney/Milwaukee/WI
Kenda Tire/RecStuff.com/Chevrolet Corvette
54 22 -1:51.080
2:00.996
101.160
51 21 -1 lap
2:02.850
99.633
135 21 -1 lap
2:07.251
96.187
112 20 -2 laps
2:08.666
95.130
16 17 91 GTS 3 Ernie Jakubowski/Oakville/ON
Fuchs/CDOC/Forgeline/Porsche Cayman S
101 20 -2 laps
2:10.373
93.884
17 22 18
126 20 -2 laps
2:14.289
91.146
18 20 36
112 20 -2 laps
2:14.039
91.316
19 21 9
101 20 -2 laps
2:13.912
91.403
20 23 28
88 19 -3 laps
2:15.593
90.270
21 25 01
TC 5 Colin Cohen(R)/Southlake/TX
Istook Motorsports/Volkswagen GTI
80 19 -3 laps
2:19.547
87.712
22 26 02
Revo Technik/Carbotech/Audi
76 17 Fuel
2:23.483
85.306
23 19 32
92 17 -5 laps
2:15.835
90.109
24 24 67
68 16 -6 laps
2:17.929
88.741
25 27 62
TC 9 Alex Ratcliffe(R)/Berryville/VA
Brimtek/Lab Rescue.org/Lexus IS300
64 15 Mech.
2:17.557
88.981
26 13 8
48 10 Mech.
1:58.282
103.481
Acura/RealTime Racingg./Acura TSX
85 1
no time
10 9
46 GT 10 Rob Morgan/Costa Mesa/CA
27 18 44 GTS 4 Aaron Poveledo(R)/Toronto/ON
Retired
** Better than
the Existing Track Record
** - Faster than previous
record
GTS Margin of Victory: 1 lap and greater then 1 lap
GT Fastest Race Lap: Car # 2 Ron Fellows 01:55.672 - 105.816 MPH
TC Fastest Race Lap: Car # 9 Alexander Lvov 02:13.912 - 91.403 MPH
Signed: __________________
Time Posted
Signed: _____________________ ________
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Optima Best Standing Start Car # 62
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[#6 1-6] [#2 7-22]
07-03-2010 19:10:55
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GT 1 Ron Fellows/Mississauga/ON
ROUND SIX Race Statistics
Average speed: 104.056 mph
GT Fastest Qualifier: Randy Pobst, 1:54.467 (106.930 mph)
TC Fastest Qualifier: Eric Meyer, 2:13.757 (91.509 mph)
GT Fastest Race Lap: Ron Fellows, 1:55.672 (105.816 mph)
TC Fastest Race Lap: Alexander Lvov, 2:13.912 (91.403 mph)
Optima Battery Best Standing Start: Alex Ratcliffe advanced four positions off of the standing start.
Invisible Glass Clean Pass of the Race: Dino Crescentini
MTM Special Ops Best Move of the Race: Ron Fellows
Sunoco Hard Charger of the Race: Robert Stout advanced five positions during the race.
World Challenge • Round Seven • Streets of Toronto
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Pobst Takes Toronto GT; Cunningham,
Wittmer Win In World Challenge GTS, Touring Car
TORONTO, Canada (July 17, 2010) – For Randy Pobst, of Gainesville, Ga., and Peter Cunningham, of
Milwaukee, Wis., the streets of Toronto only feel like home. For Montreal’s Nick Wittmer, it almost is. Each
won on Saturday at the Acura Sports Car Challenge, capturing the World Challenge Championships GT,
GTS and Touring Car classes, respectively, Round Seven of 12 on the season.
Pobst set a new qualifying record and led every lap of the 33-lap, 57.915-mile race, averaging 69.574
mph in a race slowed by one caution for five laps. It wasn’t without drama for Pobst, who appeared to be
sailing away from the field after the standing start.
The No. 6 K-Pax Racing Volvo S60 raced
out to more than a three second lead after
four laps, but had started to slightly fall back
to the field. When the yellow flags flew to
collect Greg Shaffer’s No. 40 Go 4 It Racing/
Hawk Volkswagen Jetta GLI Touring Car after
contact with the wall on the front straight
leaving the final corner, his mirrors were
full of James Sofronas’ No. 14 GMG Racing
Porsche 911 GT3.
Sofronas hounded Pobst from the time the
race went green again to start lap 14 until the
checkered flag. Though the gap fluctuated as
the two weaved through traffic, Pobst held
off Sofronas for a 0.821-second margin of Nick Wittmer led flag-to-flag for the TC win at Toronto.
victory.
The win was the third of the season for
Pobst and second win in two tries on the streets of Toronto in World Challenge, who also set a new race-lap
record with a time of 1:15.513 (83.667 mph).
“It starts with a car that was extremely well set up by the K-Pax Racing team,” Pobst said. “Will Moody,
the engineer, is pretty brilliant. The car handled and drove extremely well. The interesting situation in
World Challenge right now is that our Volvo, because of the advantage of the all-wheel drive, we weigh a
lot more. The way it seems to be working out is that we can turn a really good qualifying lap and we seem
to go strongly the first two or three laps and then the weight takes its toll. The tires get hot, the brakes
get hot and it starts turning into a race. But, it is a great advantage to be first, because it’s a lot easier to
lead than to get around somebody.
“I owe Andy Pilgrim, my teammate, a great vote of thanks. He got a much better start than I did and
was actually ahead of me going into (Turn) 1, and he let me through. After that, we seemed to have them
covered so easily for about two laps. Then everything got hot and James started looking stronger and
stronger and stronger and it turned into a race.”
Sofronas’ day started when the lights went out, moving from his fourth starting spot past Patrick Lindsey
in the No. 57 Horton/Sloan Securities Porsche 911 GT3 before the field reached Turn 1. By the end of
the first lap, he had also slipped past Andy Pilgrim in the No. 8 K-Pax Racing Volvo S60 for second place
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and had his sights set on reeling in Pobst. Sofronas’ two-position improvement on the first lap earned him
the Optima Batteries’ Best Standing Start award.
The restart helped close the gap, but the Newport Beach, Calif.-racer couldn’t advance any further.
“The start went really well,” Sofronas said. “We played with the launch control before the race and we
nailed it and got ahead of Patrick [Lindsey]. We knew that, in order to beat the Volvos, you’ve got to get
ahead of them early because they’re so tough to pass when they launch out of the corners. But our GMG
Porsche and the StopTech brakes really kept us in the hunt. I got a nice run on the back straight on the
first lap and got around Andy. We both broke deep into Turn 1, and Andy being the professional that he is,
I knew he’d give me room. I kind of squeezed on the outside and we just got through.
“I knew we had a good car to pace Randy, but here, as it was getting greasy and the cars were sliding
around, you’ve really got to get off these corners to have any kind of chance to make a pass at the end of
a straight. Where Randy would pull away out of the corners, our Porsche would actually brake really deep
and catch up in the braking zone, and that’s where I knew we had a chance. It was an accordion effect
and with the traffic, it was a give and take. At the end, I could see Randy’s car was pushing a little bit in
some of the tight stuff. Our car was still running really strong. Without making a real dive-bomb move, it
was going to be tough to get by Randy. He didn’t make any mistakes and I didn’t make any. It feels good
to be in second. We’ve had an up-and-down year for my car, but the GMG guys do an amazing job. They’re
overworked and they do a fantastic job every race. I’ve been trying to get a good podium for them.”
Pilgrim, of Boca Raton, Fla., started second and got a launch at the start that moved him alongside
his teammate entering the first corner. After falling behind Sofronas later that lap, Pilgrim ran third until
dropping behind Dino Crescentini in the No. 4 Centric Parts/Stoptech/GMG Porsche 911 GT3 on lap
13 after the restart. Two laps later, he also fell behind Lindsey and looked to be headed in the wrong
direction.
Lindsey got past Crescentini for third on lap 18, and Pilgrim did the same on lap 24 to move into fourth.
Pilgrim made a pass on Lindsey for third in Turn Five on lap 29 and hung on for the final spot on the
podium. That pass earned Pilgrim the Invisible Glass Clean Pass of the Race award.
The result snapped a three-race streak of finishes outside the top-10 for Pilgrim, who had been plagued
with a variety of mechanical issues.
“It’s really a team thing, now, because the guys are so great,” Pilgrim said. “The K-Pax guys work their
butts off and to get, basically, three DNFs in a row, it was just breaking their hearts. I mean they were just
absolutely on their knees. The Volvo ran well today. I had to work to get back from fifth, back to fourth,
back to third. I had a fun race. I really wanted to finish. I didn’t care if I finished dead last, as long as I
finished on the same laps as the leader, so I’m really happy with this.”
Lindsey finished fourth and earned the MTM/Special Ops Watch Move of the Race for overtaking
Crescentini, who went on to finish fifth.
Rob Morgan’s No. 46 TruSpeed Motorsports/Querencia Porsche 911 GT3 was sandwiched between a pair
of Woodhouse Performance Dodge Vipers in seventh, with Kuno Wittmer (No. 13 Dodge Motorsports Dodge
Viper) in sixth and Jeff Courtney (No. 99 Kenda Tire Dodge Viper) in eighth.
Jason Daskalos (No. 5 Daskalos Developments Dodge Viper) finished ninth to become the third Dodge
in the top 10, followed by the No. 29 Kleinschmidt/Blackdog Racing Chevrolet Corvette of Tony Gaples to
complete the top 10.
Pobst extended both his Drivers’ Championship lead and the Manufacturers’ Championship lead for
Volvo with the win. Pobst (788 points) now leads Wittmer (676), Crescentini (598), Sofronas (544) and
Pilgrim (535) for individual title, with Volvo (51 points) leading Porsche (37) and Dodge (34) for the
Manufacturers’ crown.
Cunningham began Saturday with a World Challenge record 37th career pole position, and ended the
day extending his own all-time wins mark to 36 with his GTS victory.
The No. 43 Acura/RealTime Racing Acura TSX pulled away from the GTS field and the start, but was
even again with Ernie Jakubowski’s No. 91 Fuchs/CDOC/Forgeline Porsche Cayman S and teammate Nick
Esayian’s No. 34 Acura/RealTime Racing’s Acura TSX on the restart. Jakubowski’s restart put him just
ahead of Cunningham at the line, but the veteran racer quickly pulled back to the point and began to get
away.
Cunningham’s lead was safe when Esayian tried to get to the inside of Jakubowski on lap 16 and the
two made contact, with Jakubowski facing the wrong way on the track and Esayian sitting nose-to-nose
with the Canadian driver. Jakubowski, of nearby Oakville, Ontario, would go on to finish second in the GTS
class, while Esayian finished third.
“Our Acura was running very well to get the pole this morning,” Cunningham said. “I’ve been kind of
concerned about how my starts have been lately, but today I got a really good start, which was the only
reason I was able to stay ahead of Ernie going into (Turn) 1. From there, I had things pretty well figured out,
but then with the full-course yellow, you never know what’s going to happen on those restarts. Again, I was
able to get just a little bit of breathing room after a lap or so. From there, it was just a matter of dealing
with the GT cars coming to put us a lap down and dealing with some of the Touring Car traffic and trying
to put a lap on them and from there, just make it to the end. It was a good day for Acura.”
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Five-time World Challenge Champion Cunningham stretched his Drivers’ Championship margin over
Esayian to 121 points with the win. Acura also holds a commanding lead in the GTS Manufacturers’
Championship.
RealTime Racing earned its second class win of the race with Nick Wittmer’s No. 93 HPD/HondaRacing/
RealTime Honda Civic Si. Wittmer, the younger brother of GT driver Kuno, raced away to a 6.053-second
win in an action-packed Touring Car race.
Wittmer pulled away at the start in just his second World Challenge race this season after campaigning
the same car on the streets of Long Beach. At the previous race, Wittmer sat on pole but finished third
to Robert Stout and Eric Meyer. In Toronto, he reversed the roles, avoided trouble and kept the checkered
flag in his native country.
“It was a good day for the HPD Honda Civic in Touring Car,” said Cunningham, who in addition to his
driving duties in GTS owns RealTime Racing. “For Nick to be able to get this win is exciting for him here
in Toronto, especially when he also won the Canadian Touring Car race just after. We’re very happy for him
and his performance this weekend. All in all, it was a good weekend for RealTime and a great weekend for
Honda and Acura at the Acura Sports Car Challenge.”
The Touring Car action came deeper in the field, beginning on lap six when the Brett Sandberg’s No.
28 Whitehall Stable Acura TSX tried to move to the inside of Stout’s No. 18 DG-Spec/Scion/TRD/Lucas
Oil Scion tC in Turn Three. Sandberg hit square into the Scion’s passenger side door and raised onto his
two right-side tires, landing back on the pavement with a thud. While Sandberg made it back to pitlane,
it ended his day and dropped Stout back to seventh in Touring Car with bodywork damage to the right
side of his car.
Using the help of the full course caution two laps later, Stout closed to the rear of the Touring Car
field and picked his way back through until he was again third, behind Meyer’s No. 32 XOWii Racing/
Samaritan’s Feet/Delvira Mazda RX-8.
Pushing Meyer on lap 23 and looking for a way by, Stout ran off the track into the runoff area at Turn
eight and back onto the track. Still in third but with a gap too large to catch Meyer, the two held their
positions until the checkered flag.
Michael Pettiford earned the Sunoco Hard Charger award for advancing six positions in the race in his
No. 41 Go 4 It Racing Schools/Hawk Volkswagen Jetta GLI to finish fourth in Touring Car.
Shea Holbrook completed the top five to earn her best career finish in the No. 67 Autohaus/MD&F
Honda Civic Si.
Stout continues to hold the Touring Car Drivers’ Championship lead, 814-660 over Meyer. In the
Manufacturers’ Championship, Scion (54 points) leads Volkswagen (38), with Honda (28) closing the gap
with a win and Mazda (26) contending largely on the strength of Meyer’s finishes.
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World Challenge
Round
Seven
World•Challenge
Round
Six • RESULTS
Sanction # [PRWC-07-10] Acura Sports Car Challenge
Acura Sports Car Challenge at Toronto Street Course on July 17, 2010
at Toronto Street Course on July 15-16 2010 Track Length: 1.755 Miles
PS ST CAR
SPONSOR/CAR
PTS
LAPS STATUS
1
1
6
135 33
** 1:15.513
83.667
2
4
GMG/Porsche 911 GT3
106 33 -.821
** 1:15.740
83.417
3
2
8
104 33 -12.205
** 1:15.657
83.508
4
3
94 33 -14.904
** 1:16.259
82.849
5
5
4
83 33 -15.383
** 1:16.148
82.970
6
7
76 33 -20.438
** 1:16.569
82.513
7
6
46 GT 7 Rob Morgan/Costa Mesa/CA
72 33 -22.797
** 1:16.807
82.258
8
8
99 GT 8 Jeff Courtney/Milwaukee/WI
68 33 -26.150
** 1:16.896
82.163
9
12 5
64 33 -43.676
** 1:17.200
81.839
60 33 -59.473
** 1:17.718
81.294
57 33 -1:15.900 ** 1:18.190
80.803
44 32 -1 lap
** 1:18.084
80.912
135 32 -1 lap
1:22.594
76.494
14 17 93
TC 1 Nick Wittmer/Montreal/QC
HPD/HondaRacing/RealTime/Honda Civic Si
135 31 -2 laps
1:25.173
74.178
15 18 32
112 31 -2 laps
1:25.571
73.833
16 19 18
101 31 -2 laps
1:25.940
73.516
17 23 41
TC 4 Michael Pettiford/Louisville/CO
Go 4 It Racing Schools/Hawk/Volkswagen Jetta GLI
85 31 -2 laps
1:26.503
73.038
114 31 -2 laps
1:23.405
75.750
10 9
19 25 67
80 31 -2 laps
1:27.551
72.163
20 26 22
303 Mtspts/Track Pro/Emich VW/VW GTI
76 31 -2 laps
1:26.646
72.917
21 24 01
72 31 -2 laps
1:26.983
72.634
104 30 -3 laps
1:22.743
76.357
1:34.648
66.752
** 1:18.496
80.488
23 22 36
68 28 -5 laps
51 27 Susp.
25 21 40
67 7
Crash
1:26.647
72.916
26 20 28
56 5
Crash
1:26.159
73.329
of Victory:
** - FasterGTS
thanMargin
previous
record 1 lap and 01.678 Seconds
TC Fastest Race Lap: Car # 93 Nick Wittmer 01:25.173 - 74.178 MPH
Signed: __________________
Time Posted
Signed: _____________________ ________
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Best Standing Start Car # 14
RaceOptima
Statistics
Time MTM
of race:
Special49:56.713
Ops Best Move of the Race Car # 57
Average
69.574
Car #speed:
89 fined 10
points andmph
$500 for driving conduct and pass under yellos.
Car # 89 fined 10 points for driving conduct.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------GT Fastest
Qualifier: Randy Pobst, 1:14.583 (84.711 mph)**
[#6 1-33]
07-17-2010 22:34:44
TC Fastest Qualifier: Nick Wittmer, 1:24.794 (74.510 mph)
GT Fastest Race Lap: Randy Pobst, 1:15.513 (83.667 mph)**
TC Fastest Race Lap: Nick Wittmer, 1:25.173 (74.178 mph)
Optima Battery Best Standing Start: James Sofronas advanced two positions on the standing start.
Invisible Glass Clean Pass of the Race: Andy Pilgrim
MTM Special Ops Best Move of the Race: Patrick Lindsey
Sunoco Hard Charger of the Race: Michael Pettiford advanced six positions during the race.
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World Challenge • Round Eight • Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
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Skeen, Eversley Score Debut World Challenge Wins at Mid-Ohio;
Cunningham Takes GTS
LEXINGTON, Ohio (Aug. 7, 2010) – Mike Skeen, of Charlotte, N.C., scored a World Challenge GT
Championship debut victory Saturday, winning the first half of the Optima Batteries Mid-Ohio Grand Prix
Presented by GameStreamer at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Ryan Eversley, of Atlanta, Ga., accomplished
a similar feat in Touring Car, while Peter Cunningham, of Milwaukee, Wis., took his record-extending 37th
series win, in GTS.
Skeen started second in his No. 2 Carlisle Companies/Cragar Chevrolet Corvette but fell back to third
quickly behind polesitter James Sofronas’ No.
14 Global Motorsports Group Porsche 911
GT3 and Andy Pilgrim’s No. 8 K-PAX Racing
Volvo S60.
A caution to remove Jeff Mosing’s No. 08
Frank’s International Mazda RX-8 regrouped
the field and Skeen was able to move around
the Volvo on the restart. Sofronas and Skeen
ran nose-to-tail for the next seven laps, slicing
through traffic before Skeen made his move
for the lead in the Keyhole. The gap between
the two remained fluid for the remainder of
the 29-lap 65.481-mile contest, with Skeen
taking the 1.453-second win.
Skeen became the first debut winner in the
Mike Skeen scored a GT debut victory in Round 8.
World Challenge GT class since Tony Rivera
won in his debut at Sebring in 2009. He also
turned the fastest race lap, a record-breaking 1:27.296 (93.117 mph).
“It’s been a great opportunity to come here,” Skeen said of running the car that scored its third win of
the season (Ron Fellows won at Mosport and Watkins Glen). “I’ve got to thank Nick Short and CRP Racing
for putting me in the Cragar Wheels Corvette. They told me at the start that the traction control wasn’t
worth messing with, so I basically just revved it up and got too much wheel spin. I figured that was better
than stalling it on the grid, but we lost a few positions on the start.
“I followed James [Sofronas] for several laps to get a feel for the race pace. When he got caught up
in traffic I went by going into turn two with a pretty easy pass going into the keyhole. With traffic, the
ebb-and-flow just went our way today.
Sofronas, who will start on the pole for Sunday’s second race of the doubleheader, captured his
second-consecutive runner-up finish.
“We had a game plan, and it started with getting away at the start,” Sofronas said. “We messed with the
launch control and it ended up backfiring, because I bogged down at the start. I looked in my mirrors and
saw the back half of Pilgrim’s car going by me, and once the car got a little bit of a run I used as much
room as I could to make sure I squeezed Andy all the way to the edge. Hopefully he feels like I gave him
enough room, but I knew I had to get in front of him and set the pace.
“I was watching my mirrors and all of a sudden the Corvette was there. I got caught in traffic and had
to get out of the throttle and Mike just blew by me. It was all horsepower and brakes – he would pull away
down the straights and I would catch him in the brake zones. It was cat-and-mouse, and I thought I had
something for him. But when the yellows came out, that was it. Hats off to Mike, he and the team did a
great job today.”
The battle for third was fierce as well, with fourth-starting Patrick Lindsey eventually coming out on top
of a battle with Pilgrim, point leader Randy Pobst’s No. 6 K-PAX Racing Volvo S60 and Dino Crescentini’s
No. 4 Centric Parts/Stoptech/GMG Porsche 911 GT3.
“It took a few laps to get around the Volvos, they were quick at the start. But I caught that barn-door
draft behind them to out-brake them into Madness,” Lindsey said. “Later in the race, traffic played a big
part in the strategy for everyone. Sometimes it helps, sometimes it hurts. I was able to use it to close the
gap on James and Mike, and then lose a little bit. They had a really good battle, and I think a few more
laps and I would have been able to get in touch with them. The handling and tire management of that
car is pretty fantastic.”
On the final lap, Kuno Wittmer, was able to work around Crescentini to finish fourth in his No. 13 Dodge
Motorsports Dodge Viper. Crescentini held on to finish fifth.
Pobst, who finished seventh, maintains the Championship lead with 863 points—102 better than
Wittmer’s 761. Crescentini is third, with 678, followed by Sofronas (664) and Lindsey (626).
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Porsche cut into Volvo’s Manufacturers’ Championship lead, which now stands at six points (51 to 45).
Dodge is third, with 37.
After earning his record 38th pole position, Cunningham scored a record-extending 37th series victory
leading all the way in his No. 43 Acura/RealTime Racing Acura TSX. It was, however, Cunningham’s first
win at Mid-Ohio since 1997.
“It’s surprising that it’s been so long since we’ve won here,” Cunningham said. “I’ve been on the podium
lots of times, so we always do pretty well here. It’s good to be on the top step, though. The Acuras like
Mid-Ohio. They handle very well, and the balance is really good around the tight and twisty elevation
changes here. And it’s good to do well in front of the Honda associates that work in different plants in
nearby cities here, many of them are here today and tomorrow. It’s great to get a win with all of them
cheering us on.”
Cunningham set the race’s fastest GTS lap, at 1:34.600 (85.928 mph).
Teammate Nick Esayian, of San Diego, Calif., finished second in his No. 34 Acura/RealTime Acura
TSX. Esayian’s attempt to challenge Cunningham for the lead was derailed when Ernie Jakubowski’s No.
91 Fuchs/CDOC/Forgeline Porsche Cayman S got the jump on him at the start. By the time Esayian was
able to clear Jakubowski for good, Cunningham had opened up too much of a gap and he had to settle
for second place.
Devin Cates, of Broad Run, Va., finished third in his series debut, driving the No. 68 Cates Engineering
Ford Mustang FR500S. Cates topped a fleet of cars from the Ford Racing Mustang Challenge. Kevin Helms,
of Charlotte, N.C., advanced from 10th on the GTS grid to finish fourth in his No. 04 DBA/Carbotech/AST/
Exedy Acura RSX. Ben Crosland finished fifth in his No. 25 RPMotorsports Ford Mustang FR500S.
Cunningham’s win increased his point lead over Esayian to 144 (971 to 827). Acura holds a
commanding lead in the Manufacturers’ Championship.
Like Skeen, Eversley was making his World Challenge debut this weekend in his No. 20 Maxwell
Paper Products Mazda RX-8. After starting third on the grid, he waged a race-long battle with polesitter
and defending race Champion Jason Saini’s No. 03 Team MER/Sparco/SafeRacer MAZDASPEED3. The
two ran side-by-side many times, swapping the lead until Eversley took the point for good with two laps
remaining.
Eversley’s effort of holding off Saini earned him the MTM Special Ops Best Move of the Race.
“That was my first standing start, and it was pretty crazy,” Eversley said. “Cars were parked on the front
straight and I think I was in the grass more than I was on the pavement. Jason [Saini] and I got through
it and took off and it was a really fun first lap. We were able to get a gap on the guys that were third and
fourth. The Maxwell Paper guys gave me an awesome car today, and it was really fun.
“We swapped the lead a few times today because of traffic. In fact, I didn’t want to let one of the GT
cars through because I knew I’d lose a lot of time to Jason, and the same guy that got by me made a really
aggressive move on Jason. He went really wide, and I just followed the traffic and we were side-by-side
through Madness. It was awesome.”
Saini, of Fort Worth, Texas, finished second, but will start Sunday’s race from the pole. Eric Meyer, of
Indianapolis, started last after missing qualifying while changing his transmission, but worked his way
to the podium in his No. 32 XOWii/Samaratin’s Feet/Delvira Mazda RX-8. Meyer earned both the Optima
Batteries Best Standing Start for advancing eight positions on the opening lap and the Sunoco Hard
Charger Award for picking up 16 positions overall over the entire race. Meyer also turned the race’s fastest
Touring Car lap, a 1:38.079 (82.880 mph).
Point leader Robert Stout finished fourth in his No. 18 DG-Spec/Scion/TRD/Lucas Oil Scion tC.
Montreal’s Nick Wittmer finished fifth after recovering from a stop-and-go penalty for moving prior to the
standing start in his No. 93 HPD/Honda Racing/RealTime Honda Civic Si.
Stout maintains the most commanding Championship lead in Touring Car at 147, 899 to 752 over
Meyer. Brett Sandberg is third, with 521, followed by Dan Gardner (500) and Sheal Holbrook (368).
Scion also continues to hold the manufacturers’ Championship lead in Touring Car, with 57, to
Volkswagen’s 38, Mazda’s 36 and Honda’s 30.
FINAL RACE RESULTS
World Challenge Round Eight
World Challenge • Round Eight • RESULTS
Sanction # [PRWC-08-10] Mid-Ohio Grand Prix
Sportscar
Course Aug. 7, 2010
at Mid-Ohio Sportscar Mid-Ohio
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Aug 6-8Prix
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64 TC 9 Bob Roth(R)/La Crosse/WI
36 TC 10 Dan Gardner(R)/Hermosa Beach/CA
27 GTS 9 George Winkler(R)/Frederick/MD
40 TC 11 Carolyn Kujala(R)/Tucson/AZ
91 GTS 10 Ernie Jakubowski/Oakville/ON
22 TC 12 Robb Holland/Denver/CO
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Devin Cates(R)/Broad Run/VA
Ryan Eversley(R)/Atlanta/GA
Kevin Helms(R)/Charlotte/NC
Ben Crosland(R)/Salt Lake City/UT
Jason Saini/Fort Worth/TX
Richard Colinello/Tampa/FL
Brad Addams(R)/New Orleans/LA
Gary Savage(R)/Sarasota/FL
GMG/Porsche 911 GT3
/Porsche GT3 Cup
Cates Engineering/Ford Mustang FR500S
Maxwell Paper Products/Mazda RX8
DBA/Carbotech/AST/Exedy/Acura RSX
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GT Fastest Race Lap: Car # 2 Mike Skeen(R) 01:27.296 - 93.117 MPH
TC Fastest Race Lap: Car # 32 Eric Meyer(R) 01:38.079 - 82.880 MPH
Signed: __________________
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Time of
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Cars # 32 and # 68 fined 10 points each for driving conduct - per Series Chief Steward.
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Qualifier:
James
Sofronas, 1:26.701 (93.756 mph)
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TC Fastest Qualifier: Jason Saini, 1:37.788 (83.126 mph)
GT Fastest Race Lap: Mike Skeen, 1:27.296 (93.117 mph)**
TC Fastest Race Lap: Eric Meyer, 1:38.079 (82.880 mph)
Optima Battery Best Standing Start: Eric Meyer, advanced eight positions.
Invisible Glass Clean Pass of the Race: Mike Skeen
MTM Special Ops Best Move of the Race: Ryan Eversley
Sunoco Hard Charger of the Race: Eric Meyer picked up 16 positions overall in the race.
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World Challenge • Round Nine • Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
Sofronas Hangs on to Win Sunday Mid-Ohio World Challenge;
Cunningham, Eversley Take GTS, Touring Car
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LEXINGTON, Ohio (Aug. 8, 2010) – James Sofronas, of Newport Beach, Calif., led every lap to win the
Optima Batteries Mid-Ohio Grand Prix Presented by GameStreamer Sunday, holding off Andy Pilgrim at the
finish of the World Challenge Championship Round Nine race. Peter Cunningham, of Milwaukee, Wis., and
Ryan Eversley, of Atlanta, Ga., took the GTS and Touring Car class wins, respectively.
Starting first, Sofronas got away cleanly at the start in his No. 14 Global Motorsports Group Porsche 911
GT3, fending off a great start by third-gridded Pilgrim and his No. 8 K-PAX Racing Volvo S60. Saturday’s
winner, Mike Skeen fell back from his second
starting position to fifth at the start but was
able to work back up to fourth by lap four.
Sofronas led a seven-car train for the first
seven laps until Charles Morgan’s trip to the
gravel brought out the race’s first caution.
On the lap-11 restart, Skeen rocketed past
both Randy Pobst’s No. 6 K-PAX Racing Volvo
S60 and Pilgrim into second as they entered
the Keyhole. The move earned Skeen the MTM
Special Ops Best Move of the Race and he set
his sights on Sofronas. Sofronas weathered an
early attack, but built a gap on Skeen’s No. 2
Carlisle Companies/Cragar Chevrolet Corvette
working through traffic. But, to Sofronas’
Peter Cunningham took home his
dismay, a second full-course-caution came
sixth GTS win of the season.
out on lap 21, setting up a five-lap dash to
the finish.
“I was far more aggressive through traffic this time,” Sofronas said. “When the yellow came out, it was
one of those ‘Are you kidding me?’ moments.”
On the restart, Pilgrim got a jump on Skeen and moved into second. At the Keyhole, Skeen fell back
further as he began to experience transmission problems in the Corvette. Sofronas had his mirrors full
of Pilgrim for the remaining laps, and in the final corner on the final lap caught a slower Touring Car,
allowing Pilgrim to get a run at the finish. In the end, Sofronas beat Pilgrim by 0.151-second to capture
his fourth-career win.
He averaged 77.791 mph over the course of the 29-lap, 65.481-mile race.
“I feel great on a lot of levels. I want to dedicate this win to my Dad,” Sofronas said of his ailing father,
George. “To win today meant a lot to me. I thought about him when I was in the car and it kept me going
because he never gave up in life and he’s just an amazing man. It gave me the inspiration.”
Sofronas admitted that traffic was a point of frustration during the race, with all three classes (GT, GTS
and Touring Car) sharing the track together in the largest field of the season.
“The worst part was the last turn of the race, and [Robert] Stout was limping through the carousel,”
Sofronas said. “He was still on the proper race line, and I thought I was going to drill him because I had
nowhere to go. It was that or run off in the grass and he just started to veer to the right and I kept my foot
in it. All of a sudden, I saw this big Volvo nose that literally filled my entire mirror. I couldn’t see anything
except this big blue hood. That would have been a tough one to lose, but I think its poetic justice the way
this weekend went. The Volvos got back up front, the GMG guys are running up front where we should be,
and everything is great.”
Pilgrim’s second place finish equaled his season-best at St. Petersburg. It was a good run for both
Volvos, who struggled early in the weekend.
“My car has been a bit of a nightmare this year and we’ve had four DNFs with mechanical failure,”
Pilgrim said. “But nobody ever gives up on the K-PAX team. Yesterday’s race set-up wasn’t good at all
and we all worked and threw a lot of things at it and yesterday was night-and-day better. The K-Pax guys
did a great job.”
Following a seventh-place finish on Saturday, point leader Pobst returned to the podium with a
third-place finish and extended his point lead when his closest challenger, Kuno Wittmer, tangled with a
Touring Car and retired with suspension damage to his No. 13 Dodge Motorsports Dodge Viper.
“The most interesting thing that happened to me in the race was when I was racing with Kuno Wittmer,”
Pobst said. “He’s challenging me for the Championship, and we were going back and forth. I think I was
starting to get the better of him when we got his brother [Nick Wittmer] in the Touring Car class. I was
passing him in the outside of [the esses], and he ran me right off the road into the grass. Kuno got by and
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I told the crew there was no way I was going to catch Kuno now without a little help from traffic. Well, sure
enough, about three or four laps later I came up and Kuno was spun out and cars were in the gravel and
something happened in the traffic.
“As far as I’m concerned, God got him. It was a little bad karma. His pain is our pleasure and it helps
us in the Championship. We’re happy to be so close to the lead in this race because we’re going for the
Manufacturers’ Championship for Volvo.”
“I was in such a cluster at the time and my car didn’t have third gear, which is what you use for most
of the corners here,” Nick Wittmer said. “I moved over to let some of the guys through and kept looking
in my mirror and was trying to get out of the way for Randy and Kuno. The next thing I knew, Randy was
beside me in the grass. I feel really bad about it. Those guys are fighting for the Championship. I was just
trying to get out of the way.”
Kuno Wittmer’s departure promoted Saturday’s third-place finisher Patrick Lindsey, of Santa Barbara,
Calif., up to fourth for his sixth-straight top-five finish in the No. 57 Horton/Sloan Securities Porsche 911
GT3.
Jeff Courtney, of Milwaukee, Wis., completed the top five, scoring his season-best finish in the No. 99
Kenda Tire Dodge Viper after starting 10th.
Skeen managed to set the race’s fastest lap, a 1:27.422 (92.983 mph), but was unable to match his
record lap Saturday of 1:27.296.
Pobst now leads Wittmer by 146 points (955 to 809) with just three Rounds remaining in the
Championship. Sofronas moved to third despite missing a Round, with 784, followed by Dino Crescentini,
who crashed on the opening lap, with 723, and Lindsey, with 711.
Porsche cut into Volvo’s Manufacturers’ Championship lead with the win, and now trails by just three
points, 58 to 55. Dodge sits third, with 39.
After taking the Saturday win flag-to-flag in his No. 43 Acura/RealTime Racing Acura TSX, Cunningham
found himself in a relatively unfamiliar position after the standing start Sunday—in second. Second-starting
Ernie Jakubowski, of Oakville, Ontario got the holeshot in his No. 91 Fuchs/CDOC/Forgeline Porsche
Cayman S and led the opening 13 laps in the GTS class race.
On lap 14, Cunningham, who had been caught by teammate Nick Esayian’s No. 34 Acura/RealTime
Racing Acura TSX and was in danger of losing second place, made a bold move past Jakubowski entering
Thunder Valley.
“Off the start, the rear drive of the Porsche Cayman got the better of me today,” Cunningham said.
“Plus, on Saturday, the left lane was blocked with a stalled car but this time it was the right lane. I started
to move over to go by but I didn’t want to keep moving over and get hit. That allowed the Porsche to get
ahead of me. I had a couple of opportunities on the first lap to get by, but I wanted to be patient and not
rush into it. But after that he started to figure it out and I couldn’t get by. I knew that my car would stay
under me and I wanted to just be patient. In turn nine, he got a little bit sideways and I just shoved it in
there and made a clean pass.”
The pass not only placed Cunningham into the lead for good, but earned him the Invisible Glass Clean
Pass of the Race. He also set the race’s fastest lap for GTS cars, with a 1:34.712 (85.826 mph) en route
to his sixth win of the season and record-extending 38th overall.
Jakubowski and Esayian continued the battle for second until the lap-24 restart, when Jakubowski slid
wide exiting the Carousel giving the runner-up spot to Esayian.
Ben Corsland, of Salt Lake City, Utah, finished fourth in his No. 25 RPMotorsports Ford Mustang
FR500S, the first of a string of four Ford Racing Mustang Challenge cars, including Devin Cates, George
Winkler and Richard Colinello.
Cunningham’s win extended his point lead over Esayian to 164 (1091 to 927). Acura also clinched
its ninth World Challenge Manufacturers’ Championship, currently leading Porsche 82 to 19 with three
Rounds remaining.
A winner in his debut race on Saturday, Eversley’s run to his second-consecutive Touring Car win was
no less eventful on Sunday. Starting third in the No. 20 Maxwell Paper Products Mazda RX-8, Eversley
fell back to sixth at the start.
Polesitter Jason Saini (No. 03 Team MER/Sparco/SafeRacer MAZDASPEED3), Nick Wittmer’s No. 93
HPD/Honda Racing/RealTime Honda Civic Si and second-starting Robb Holland’s No. 22 303 Motorsports/
Track Pro/Emich VW Volkswagen GTI occupied the top three spots the opening several laps until Wittmer
faded with his transmission issues. Eversley had to work past both Scion tCs of Dan Gardner and Robert
Stout to join the lead fight, which then waged until lap 12.
On the seventh lap, Holland and Eversley made contact at the exit of the Esses, but both cars were
able to continue. Eversley made his move past Saini for the lead on lap 12 and held it for the remainder
of the race.
“The competition in this series is fantastic and the racing is just unbelievable,” Eversley said. “The
standing start today wasn’t as good for me as yesterday, I bogged down with the rotary and Nick Wittmer’s
Honda and a couple of other cars got by me. I was able to fight back to third in a couple of laps and had
a great battle with Robb Holland. I gave him a little room and we got into each other a little bit, but it was
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just hard racing and totally fine. Jason and I had a great battle and I can’t wait to see the in-car video of
that. We went back and forth down the backstraight and he just outbroke himself and I kind of got in a little
too hot, too. I have to thank Maxwell Paper for letting me come drive their Mazda, I had so much fun.”
Eversley also set the Touring Car fastest race lap with a 1:38.024 (82.926 mph), breaking Eric Meyer’s
day-old record by 0.055-second.
Holland was able to continue after the contact, but was eventually involved in contact with a GT car that
would end his day with suspension damage.
Saini went on to finish second for the second-consecutive day.
Dan Gardner, of Hermosa Beach, Calif., survived early contact with his teammate, Touring Car point
leader Robert Stout, to bring his No. 36 DG Spec/Scion/TRD/Lepper & Associates Scion tC home third.
Gardner also earned the Optima Batteries Best Standing Start award for advancing six positions on the
opening lap.
Series newcomer David Tuaty, of Miami, Fla., finished fourth in his No. 66 TLMUSA.com Honda Civic
Si, followed by Charlie Solomon, of Waxahachie, Texas, in the No. 21 Dr. Natasha.com/DC Racing Mazda
RX-8.
Solomon earned the Sunoco Hard Charger for advancing a total of 12 positions in the race.
Stout continues to lead the Touring Car Championship, with 959 points, followed by Meyer, with 810,
Gardner, with 595, Brett Sandberg, with 572 and Shea Holbrook, with 444. Mazda leapfrogged Volkswagen
to take over second place in the Manufacturers’ Championship for Touring Car. Scion leads, with 62,
followed by Mazda (46), Volkswagen (38) and Honda (33).
FINAL RACE RESULTS
World Challenge
• Round
Nine
World Challenge
Round
Nine • RESULTS
Sanction # [PRWC-09-10]
Mid-Ohio
Grand
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Mid-Ohio
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at Mid-Ohio Sportscar Course Aug. 8, 2010
at Mid-Ohio Sportscar Course on Aug 6-8 2010 Track Length: 2.258 Miles
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Ernie Jakubowski/Oakville/ON
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Jason Saini/Fort Worth/TX
Dan Gardner(R)/Hermosa Beach/CA
David Tuaty/Miami/FL
Shea Holbrook(R)/Groveland/FL
Jeff Mosing(R)/Austin/TX
Carolyn Kujala(R)/Tucson/AZ
Branden Peterson/Breckenridge/CO
Brett Sandberg(R)/Allendale/NJ
Brad Adams(R)/New Orleans/LA
Robb Holland/Denver/CO
GMG/Porsche 911 GT3
/Porsche GT3 Cup
Cates Engineering/Ford Mustang FR500S
Game Streamer/XS Energy Drink/Ford Mustang
FR500S
Maxwell Paper Products/Mazda RX8
Team MER/Sparco/SafeRacer/MAZDASPEED3
Supertech Competition Clutch/Honda Civic Si
** - FasterGTS
thanMargin
previous
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GT Fastest Race Lap: Car # 2 Mike Skeen(R) 01:27.422 - 92.983 MPH
TC Fastest Race Lap: Car # 20 Ryan Eversley(R) 01:38.024 - 82.926 MPH
Signed: __________________
Time Posted
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Average speed: 77.791 mph
GT Fastest Qualifier: James Sofronas, 1:26.701 (93.756 mph)
TC Fastest Qualifier: Jason Saini, 1:37.788 (83.126 mph)
GT Fastest Race Lap: Mike Skeen 1:27.422 (92.983 mph)
TC Fastest Race Lap: Ryan Eversley, 1:38.024 (82.926 mph)
Optima Battery Best Standing Start: Dan Gardner advanced six positions on the opening lap.
Invisible Glass Clean Pass of the Race: Peter Cunningham
MTM Special Ops Best Move of the Race: Mike Skeen
Sunoco Hard Charger of the Race: Charlie Solomon advanced 12 positions in the race.
World Challenge • Round Ten • Virginia International Raceway
2010 Review
Pobst, Esayian and Buras Earn World Challenge Wins At VIR
ALTON, Va. (September 11, 2010) – Randy Pobst extended his GT Drivers’ Championship lead with his
fourth World Challenge win of the season Saturday at the Race Keeper VIR Grand Prix presented by MTM
Special Ops Watch at VIRginia International Raceway. Nick Esaiyan, of San Deigo, Calif., and Todd Buras,
of Daytona Beach, Fla., earned the GTS and Touring Car wins, respectively.
Pobst, who started on the pole when the GT grid was set by points after a red flag wiped out qualifying,
rocketed away from the standing start and into the lead through the opening lap. Championship rival Kuno
Wittmer gave chase in his No. 13 Dodge Motorsports Dodge Viper from his second position on the grid,
and by lap four trailed by just 0.764-second
after turning the race’s fastest lap in a time of
1:56.927 (100.678 mph).
By lap six, Pobst’s No. 6 K-Pax Racing
Volvo S60 had led the GT field into lapped
traffic from the slower Touring Car class,
which allowed him to stretch his lead to more
than four seconds over Wittmer.
When rain began to fall on lap 13, the
dynamic of the race changed again, with
Pobst’s all-wheel-drive Volvo more equipped
to deal with the loss of traction than Wittmer’s
Dodge power. On lap 15, pushing harder than
the conditions would allow, Wittmer spun
and backed into the tire barrier in Turn 15.
Randy Pobst took home his fourth GT win
Wittmer was able to continue, still in fourth
of the season in Round 10.
place, and held the position to the finish.
Given that breathing room, Pobst wouldn’t be challenged again on his way to a 6.882-second margin of
victory. Pobst averaged 97.219 mph over the 22-lap, 71.94-mile race.
“My season has come down to the starts,” Pobst said. “My car has been kind of moody and today, it
was in a great mood. I think I had smoke coming out of all four tires on the standing start. I was able to
use the gap that I gained at the start to keep Kuno [Wittmer] behind me at the end of the straightaways. It
made for really interesting racing. I was able to build the gap in the tight stuff and in the esses. My K-PAX
Volvo was so fast in the climbing esses. I don’t think I slowed down at all.”
Pobst’s closest call came late in the race, when, on a run into turn one, he made the decision to split
the No. 43 Acura/RealTime Racing Acura TSX GTS machine of Peter Cunningham and the No. 40 Go 4 It/
Gila Monster Racing Volkswagen Jetta GLI Touring Car of Carolyn Kujala. That pass earned him the MTM
Special Ops Watch Move of the Race.
“My race was the opposite of what my teammate Andy’s was,” Pobst said of the traffic. “For me, this
was one of the races where the traffic worked out for me every time. Every time I’d put a gap on Kuno it
was because of the traffic. I caught the car in a place where they wouldn’t slow me down, and he caught
them right into a winding part where you couldn’t pass.”
Behind Pobst and Wittmer was a battle for third that would become a battle for second after Wittmer’s
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spin. James Sofronas, of Newport Beach, Calif., and Andy Pilgrim, of Boca Raton, Fla., started third and
fourth, respectively, and pulled away together at the start of the race, with Pilgrim’s No. 8 K-Pax Racing
Volvo S60 leading the No. 14 GMG Porsche 911 GT3 of Sofronas.
Pilgrim gapped Sofronas early, but by lap 13 that gap began to shrink. By lap 17, the two were running
nose-to-tail. With the rain falling and the track surface wet, Sofronas pulled along side Pilgrim under
braking going into Turn One on lap 18, and powered by through Turn Two to hold onto second place. That
pass also earned Sofronas the Invisible Glass Clean Pass of the Race award.
Sofronas kept Pilgrim at bay through the remaining laps for his fourth-consecutive finish in the top
four.
“From the start, it was not a good race,” Sofronas said. “With our launch control, we had an amazing
amount of wheel spin. I just sat there spinning the tires and I saw all these cars coming up behind me. By
the time I got traction, the top three were gone and I saw Jason Daskalos coming like a freight-train. He
was coming to the inside and I shut the door. Apparently, he may not have had room and he hit me from
behind. I’m not sure how far back he was, but my rear bumper was damaged. I almost spun and I looked
in my mirror and he was spinning at 100 mph. I was just hoping no one collected him. I want to see the
video to see what happened. You don’t like to have an incident like that.
“The car was evil in right handers after that. I couldn’t get the power down. I just got used to it. It
was slight but enough to affect the Porsche. I did see Andy just get absolutely screwed a couple of times
while I was not nearly as hampered. I was on his bumper and he’d lose me in the tight stuff and I’d gain
on him on top end.”
As much as the traffic helped his teammate get away for a victory, it cost Pilgrim multiple times
throughout the race.
“I can honestly say that was the worst race for traffic I’ve ever had,” Pilgrim said. “Some laps I lost as
much as six seconds. It was just bad timing. You know, it happens to everybody. Sometimes in a 24-hour
race, you’ll have a stint where you can’t get out of traffic and then you’ll have another where you don’t
see any. It was just awful.”
Rob Morgan (No. 46 TruSpeed Motorsports/Querencia Porsche 911 GT3), Jason Daskalos (No. 5
Daskalos Developments Dodge Viper) and Jeff Courtney (No. 99 Kenda Tire Dodge Viper) battled for most
of the race before finishing fifth, sixth and seventh.
Daskalos rocketed away from his sixth spot on the grid and toward Turn One, but made contact with
Sofronas and spun to the end of the GT field. After catching up to Morgan and Courtney, the three swapped
positions over several laps at the end of the race before settling into their final positions.
It was Morgan’s best finish of the season.
Tony Gaples, Fred Roberts and Bill Ziegler completed the top 10.
With the win, Pobst now has 1075 Drivers’ Championship points on the season and has improved his
lead to 191 markers over both Wittmer and Sofronas, who are now tied with 884. Pilgrim is fourth with
800, followed by Daskalos with 755. The win also increased Volvo’s Manufacturers’ Championship lead to
7 over Porsche, 68-61, with Dodge now at 42.
Pobst can clinch the Drivers’ Championship with a solid run in Sunday’s race.
Esayian was declared the World Challenge GTS class winner for Round 10 at Virginia International
Raceway after the No. 91 Fuchs/CDOC/Forgeline Porsche Cayman of Ernie Jakubowski was disqualified in
post-race technical inspection.
Jakubowski crossed the finish line first in Saturday’s race at VIRginia International Raceway, but in
post-race inspection it was discovered that the No. 91 had an illegal ride height and an unsealed motor.
Esayian’s second-running No. 43 Acura/RealTime Racing Acura TSX was promoted one position.
The win is Esayian’s first in his 75-race World Challenge career.
Esayian’s victory closes his deficit in the GTS Championship battle by an additional five points and now
trails Peter Cunningham 1201 – 1048 with two races remaining.
Driving the No. 91 Fuchs/CDOC/Forgeline Porsche Cayman, Jakubowski made the standing start from
the rear of the GTS grid. A great start and Porsche power pulled him up five positions to second by the
end of the first lap, and the bright yellow machine found itself locked in a battle with Nick Esayian in the
No. 34 Acura/RealTime Racing Acura TSX for second place.
Jakubowski managed to hold off Esayian and looked certain to end with his fourth podium finish of the
year, behind Cunningham and what seemed to be an insurmountable lead with two laps until the checkered
flag. Cunningham pulled to pit lane with mechanical difficulties as the white flag flew, leaving Esayian with
17-turns to pass the Porsche for his first win.
Esayian made one last-ditch effort to get past Jakubowski, but the two crossed the finish line nearly
bumper-to-bumper.
Kevin Helms, of Charlotte, N.C., finished second in his No. 04 DBA/Carbotech/AST/Exedy Acura RSX,
followed by Tommy Sadler (No. 44 Motorsports Solutions Acura TSX) and Cunningham.
Cunningham holds a 157 point advantage over Esayian, 1196 to 1039. Acura clinched the GTS
Manufacturers’ Championship in the previous round at Mid-Ohio.
Buras sat on the pole in the No. 50 Irish Mike’s Racing/Krispy Kreme Volkswagen Jetta GLI, but fell
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behind on the standing start to Robert Stout in the No. 18 DG-Spec/Scion/TRD/Lucas Oil Scion tC in the
run to the first corner.
Buras caught Stout by the end of lap one and began to slowly pull away, steadily stretching the lead.
When the rain began just past the midway point of the race, Buras began to slide back to the Scion.
Stout closed the gap, but never got close enough to attempt a pass for the lead and settled for
second.
“We can’t launch like the Scions can,” Buras said. “He slipped coming down to the start-finish and I
got the lead and I never looked back. It started to rain and then it was just a see-saw back and forth gap.
Where I was weak, he was strong and where he was weak, I was strong. He’s a great competitor. Robert
Stout has come a long way in the last six or so races. Lots of great competitors here.”
It was a special win for Buras, who opened the season with a pair of Touring Car wins on the streets of
St. Petersburg, but was injured in a racing incident just a few weeks later in a Grand-Am Series race –
coincidentally, at Virginia International Raceway.
“On April 30th, we were here with Grand-Am,” Buras said. “I came over the blind corner [Turn 10] and
a BMW M3 was parked sideways in the middle of the track. I came over the top of the hill and hit it with
the rear of the car. I broke four ribs, had severe whiplash, severe trauma to the neck and a pulmonary
contusion to the left lung. That was four months ago. It’s been a long recovery. My doctor said ‘go make it
hurt and then make it hurt some more’ after the healing was done. I got back into shape, lost 20 pounds
and now I feel pretty good.”
The winning car was untested, but Irish Mike’s Racing clearly hit on the right combination.
“We got this car built three weeks ago,” Buras continued. “It wasn’t tested. We tested it here on
Thursday. We’ve been thrashing and throwing stuff at it but we’ve got it pretty close. The car can still be
much better. Thanks to Irish Mike’s and thanks to SCCA for being awesome. This series is awesome and I
hope it just continues to gain momentum for next year.”
Brett Sandberg, of Allendale, N.J., earned his first podium with a third-place finish in the No. 28
Whitehall Stables Acura TSX. Sandberg improved from sixth on the grid to earn the trophy.
Robb Holland passed more cars than anyone else to finish fourth in the No. 22 3Zero3 Motorsports/
Track Pro/Emich VW Volkswagen GTI, earning the Optima Batteries Best Standing Start for passing the
most cars on lap one, and earning the Sunoco Hard Charger award for improving the most positions overall
in the race.
Devin Cates, in the No. 23 Cates Engineering Volkswagen GTI, started from pit lane after problems
starting the car on the pre-grid and climbed through the Touring Car field to finish fifth.
Stout holds a 207-point advantage in the Touring Car Drivers’ Championship with 1071 points over Eric
Meyer, with 864. Scion also holds the advantage in the Manufactuers’ Championship, with 69 points, over
Volkswagen, who has 48 points on the strength of four wins, Mazda (46 points), and Honda (33 points).
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World Challenge
• Round
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Sanction # [PRWC-10-10] SCCA Pro Racing Sports Car Wars Weekend
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Todd Buras(R)/Daytona Beach/FL
Tommy Sadler/San Jose/CA
Greg Shaffer(R)/Harrisonburg/VA
Devin Cates(R)/Denver/CO
Jeff Altenburg/Ellicott City/MD
Carl Hober/Cape May/NJ
Don Istook/Fort Worth/TX
Tristan Herbert(R)/Reston/VA
Colin Cohen(R)/Southlake/TX
Stan Wilson/Mt Juliet/TN
Tomy Drissi/Hollywood/CA
Jose M Armengol(R)/Hialeah/FL
13 Patrick Lindsey/Santa Barbara/CA
6 Karl Poeltl(R)/Knoxville/TN
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GMG/Porsche 911 GT3
Motorsports Solutions/Acura TSX
DG Spec/Scion/TRD/Scion tC
Cates Engineering/Volkswagen GTI
Comp. Clutch/Supertech Perf./Honda Civic Si
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Net Evidence/Alliance1 Courier/Dodge Neon SRT
Gulliver's Travels/Chevrolet Corvette
Racer's Edge/Wossner Pistons/BMW E46 325i
** - FasterGTS
thanMargin
previous
of Victory:
GT Fastest Race Lap: Car # 13 Kuno Wittmer 01:56.927 - 100.678 MPH
Signed: __________________
Race Statistics
Time Posted
Signed: _____________________ ________
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of race:
Best 44:23.907
Standing Start Car # 22
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Pobst:
Car # 91Qualifier:
disqualified forRandy
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driving
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Cars # 6. # 13, and 5 fined $500 for failure to observe red flag.
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Qualifier: Todd Buras, 2:12.484 (88.856 mph)
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before drivers had an opportunity to post
GT Fastest Race Lap: Kuno Wittmer, 1:56.927 (100.678 mph)
Optima Battery Best Standing Start: Robb Holland advanced nine positions off of the standing start.
Invisible Glass Clean Pass of the Race: James Sofronas
MTM Special Ops Best Move of the Race: Randy Pobst
Sunoco Hard Charger of the Race: Robb Holland advanced 12 positions in the race.
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Pilgrim, Cunningham and Buras Win World Challenge;
Championships Clinched At VIR
ALTON, Va. (September 12, 2010) – In a thrilling day of World Challenge Championships action during
the Race-Keeper VIR Grand Prix presented by MTM Special Ops Watch at VIRginia International Raceway,
Andy Pilgrim, of Boca Raton, Fla., shook a frustrating season with a GT win, Peter Cunningham, of
Milwaukee, Wis., extended several series records in GTS including his sixth Drivers’ Championship and
Todd Buras, of Melbourne, Fla., capped a four-for-four season in Touring Car. In addition to Cunningham’s
title, Randy Pobst, of Gainesville, Ga., and Robert Stout, of Brownsburg, Ind., wrapped up the GT and
Touring Car Championships, respectively, with
runner-up finishes.
Pilgrim started on the pole in the No. 8
K-Pax Racing Volvo S60, pulled away from
the field, and never looked back en route to
his first win of the season. It capped a perfect
day for Pilgrim, who led all 22 laps, turned
the fastest race lap in a time of 1:58.410
(99.417 mph), and averaged 88.389 mph
over the 71.94-mile race on his way to a
1.392-second margin of victory.
“It’s been a funny year and this weekend
has been the funniest part of the year,”
Pilgrim said. “Last night, we determined
Peter Cunningham captured his sixth
that there was something wrong with the car
Drivers’ Championship with a win in Round 11.
all year. The team worked so hard and they
haven’t been able to fix it. It’s just been so
frustrating for everyone. Yesterday, we overheated the gearbox to the point that they would have had to
have changed the gearbox. That’s like a nine-hour job and they looked at the data and said, ‘you know
what Andy, if you don’t mind, we’d like to put you in last year’s car.’ I said ‘okay, let’s do it.’ We’d set it
up as a back-up car in case Randy or I had a problem with our main car, so we knew it wouldn’t be that
far off if at all.
“It was like getting back in your favorite pair of slippers. It felt very good. It felt very similar to the
other car, but it just ran better overall. My only fear was that we didn’t have a race setup on it but it held
together.”
There were only two real moments of concern for Pilgrim throughout the race. The first came early in the
race when Kuno Wittmer’s No. 13 Dodge Motorsports Dodge Viper, running in second, was charging hard
and closing the gap to Pilgrim. The two raced into VIR’s famed Oak Tree Turn on lap 13, where Wittmer
spun and allowed the Volvo to race away.
The second came on lap 17, when a full-course caution bunched the field behind the safety car for
corner workers to retrieve a piece of metal on the racing surface. Pilgrim again pulled away from the field
on the lap-20 restart and raced the remaining three laps to his 10th career GT victory.
“Kuno would have gotten me for sure,” Pilgrim conceded. “He was coming. He was on me. Kuno got
balked in some traffic in the lower esses. I just flew through as hard as I could and threw it into Oak Tree
as late and as hard as I could. As I was exiting, I could just see him fly straight off going in. I think he
was probably frustrated from getting balked because he knew how close he was to me and he just overdid
it. It was slick. You had to be really careful. I was like ‘what a shame, and thank goodness!’ There’s no
way he wasn’t going to get me.
“I dedicate this race to Jeremy [Smallwood], my crew chief. He has worked so hard all year long on that
car and never gave up on it or on me. Always a great attitude. He was in tears after the race. This one is
definitely for Jeremy.”
Pobst earned his fourth-career World Challenge GT Drivers’ Championship with his runner-up finish in
the No. 6 K-Pax Racing Volvo S60. Pobst started third, spent the early stages of the race chasing Wittmer,
and then settled in several car lengths behind his teammate to the checkered flag.
The runner-up finish clinched the GT Drivers’ Championship for Pobst, who previously won the
honor in 2003, 2007 and 2008. The sweep of the top two positions by K-PAX Volvos also clinched the
Manufacturers’ Championship for Volvo with one race remaining.
“I feel relief,” Pobst said. “Winning the Manufacturers’ Championship for Volvo was our mission.
Winning a Drivers’ Championship was a bonus. The role for Andy and I was to do our part of the job—to
help K-PAX Racing win this Championship for Volvo. We got some breaks yesterday with the weather. We
got some breaks today with our competitors making mistakes. This is really important for Jim Haughey,
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who is the principle of K-PAX Racing. It is important for Volvo. We feel like we climbed to the top of the
mountain and today we got to the summit.”
James Sofronas, of Newport Beach, Calif., earned a third-place finish from his fourth position on the
grid but certainly passed more than just one car to do it. Sofronas made a mistake entering Turn One for
the first time in his No. 14 GMG Racing Porsche 911 GT3 after the standing start, and began lap two in
ninth place. As Sofronas worked his way through the field, he ran off the track several times, hindering
his progress. Among his many passes, Sofronas slipped past Jason Daskalos in the No. 5 Daskalos
Developments Dodge Viper for fifth position in Turn Two on lap 12 to earn the MTM Special Ops Watch
Move of the Race.
He restarted with three laps to go behind teammate Jeff Altenburg in the No. 4 Centric Parts/Stoptech/
GMG Porsche 911 GT3, and made his way into the final podium position on the race’s final lap.
“It was definitely not meant to be today,” Sofronas said. “On the start, I saw the inside clog up. I
decided to take the outside line in one and went a little too deep and got two wheels off and fell to the
back. I shook my head and said ‘this is gonna be a long day.’ I just needed to be patient and stay focused.
I started picking off guys and then I’d make a mistake and fall back. I think I passed seven cars…twice.
That’s not really how I like to drive. The car was more than capable but I was just not driving in my limits.
I’m pretty lucky to finish third. It’s a testament to this GMG team and the Porsche.”
Altenburg, of Ellicott City, Md., the 2007 Touring Car Champion and four-time TC race winner, earned
his career-best GT class finish in his first race weekend of the season in World Challenge.
Rob Morgan, of Conway, Ark., earned his second-consecutive fifth-place finish in the No. 46 TruSpeed
Motorsports/Querencia Porsche 911 GT3. The top-five matched Saturday’s for his best career World
Challenge finish. Morgan was penalized 10 driver points for his role in an incident with Jason Daskalos,
which led to his Dodge Viper’s retirement.
In the GTS class, Cunningham led flag-to-flag in the No. 43 Acura/RealTime Racing Acura TSX to
extend his World Challenge record for career wins to 40 on a weekend where he also extended the career
pole position mark to 41.
Cunningham turned the fastest GTS lap in a time of 2:09.907 (91.187 mph) on his way to clinching
his sixth-career World Challenge Drivers’ Championship, another record for the most decorated driver in
World Challenge history.
“It definitely feels good to finish up the weekend on a positive note after the heartbreak from yesterday,”
Cunningham said of Saturday’s race that saw him fall out of the lead with one lap remaining due to a
mechanical failure. “Based on how things shook out at the start, I was able to grab the lead and build
upon that until the caution came out. The restart, of course, gave me a scare with all the GT guys trying
to get by on either side of us. But we were able to hang on and take the win. It definitely feels good to
clinch the Championship heading into Salt Lake. Now there’s no pressure of something like the ring gear
falling off on the pace lap and not taking the start and losing the Championship! Now we can just go have
fun at the finale. It’s a great day for Acura and RealTime Racing and Toyo Tires.”
Nick Esayian, of San Diego, Calif., gave chase on his teammate and Championship rival, needing a
win and some help to keep his hopes alive entering the season finale at Miller Motorsports Park. Instead,
the driver of the No. 34 Acura/RealTime Racing Acura TSX gave chase one day after his maiden win but
finished with his ninth podium in 11 races on the season.
Third place went to Ernie Jakubowski, of Oakville, Ont., in the No. 91 Fuchs/CDOC/Forgeline Porsche
Cayman S. Jakubowski started from the rear of the GTS field after making mechanical changes following
qualifying, and worked his way into the podium position over the 22 laps.
Kevin Helms (No. 04 DBA/Carbotech/AST/Exedy Acura RSX) finished fourth.
The Touring Car battle was wheel-to-wheel between Buras’ No. 50 Irish Mike’s Racing/Krispy Kreme
Volkswagen Jetta GLI and Stout’s No. 18 DG-Spec/Scion/TRD/Lucas Oil Scion tC. At the checkered flag,
Buras won the battle, but Stout won the war in taking his first World Challenge Touring Car Drivers’
Championship.
As the lights went out for the standing start, both Stout and Buras got away cleanly from their positions
in the front row of the Touring Car field. A slow to accelerate No. 44 Motorsports Solutions Acura TSX
GTS machine of Tommy Sadler bottled up the rest of the Touring Car field, making contact with Stout’s
teammate Greg Shaffer in the No. 36 DG Spec/Scion/TRD Scion tC. Shaffer spun off course and ended
his day with contact in the guard rail, and the ensuing bottle neck collected the No. 67 SaferTeenDrivers.
com Honda Civic Si of Shea Holbrook and ended her day as well.
That activity provided a gap for Stout and Buras to get away and turn the race into a heads-up battle
between the two. Buras led the first lap, but Stout moved to the inside in Turn 10 after a run through the
uphill esses to slide into the Touring Car lead and earn the Invisible Glass Clean Pass of the Race.
Buras reclaimed the lead on lap four and the two battled side-by-side and nose-to-tail for the middle
portion of the race. Stout ran off track on lap 13 trying to make a pass for the lead and dropped back
behind the Buras, but immediately began to close that gap while Buras continued to turn fast laps. Buras
turned the fastest Touring Car lap in a time of 2:13.989 (87.858 mph), but the late-race caution put
Stout right back on Buras’ bumper.
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Stout took the lead on the restart, which came on lap 18 for the Touring Car drivers. Buras reclaimed
the lead for good just one lap later, giving Buras four wins in as many tries in an Irish Mike’s Racing
Volkswagen Jetta GLI.
Buras swept the season-opener on the streets of St. Petersburg, but was injured in a racing incident just
a few weeks later. This weekend’s sweep at VIR was Buras’ return to racing.
“We went door-to-door, lap after lap,” Buras said. “He [Stout] led, I led. I was really getting out to a
comfortable lead and then the yellow came out for what looked like a piece of a bumper cover on the
track. On the restart, he got it again! But this time I was able to get a run and then out-brake him into the
rollercoaster. It should make for great TV. What a competitive field.
“I have to thank Irish Mike’s Racing for letting me come back and do this. I have to thank Krispy
Kreme and of course, my family for being understanding and letting me come back from the injuries and
go racing this weekend.”
The runner-up finish was enough to clinch the Touring Car Drivers’ Championship for Stout, who at
18-years-old became the youngest World Challenge Champion in Series history. Scion clinched the Touring
Car Manufacturers’ Championship on Saturday afternoon.
“It’s an honor to be a Champion here in my rookie season of World Challenge,” Stout said. “It’s been
an awesome season. We’ve had a really competitive car all season long. I have to thank my crew and all
my sponsors. I love everything about this racing and this series. The racing is so great. You have to really
work for it every time. It’s just such an honor to be here as the Champion.”
Robb Holland, of Denver, Colo., earned his second podium finish of the season in the No. 22 3Zero3
Motorsports/Track Pro/Emich VW Volkswagen GTI. Holland avoided the incident at the start and pulled
away in third place, remaining there for the entire race.
Michael Pettiford was the third Volkswagen in the top four, placing the No. 41 Go 4 It Racing Schools/
Hawk Volkswagen Jetta GLI one position off the podium. Pettiford battled with Brett Sandberg in the No.
28 Whitehall Stable Acura TSX in the early laps of the race, then raced Branden Peterson to the finish
after the restart. Peterson finished fifth in the No. 64 Competition Clutch/Supertech Performance Honda
Civic Si.
Charlie Solomon earned the Sunoco Hard Charger Award for improving his position 10 spots overall
in the No. 21 Dr. Natasha.com/DC Racing Mazda RX-8, finishing sixth in Touring Car. Sandberg finished
seventh, while Don Istook finished eigth in the No. 01 Revo Technik/Carbotech Volkswagen GTI. Istook also
earned the Optima Batteries Best Standing Start for improving eight positions on the opening lap.
Note: Todd Buras was DQ’d after the race because of a non-compliant race car. Robert Stout was awarded
TC victory.
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Todd Buras(R)/Melbourne/FL
Don Istook/Fort Worth/TX
David Tuaty/Miami/FL
Colin Cohen(R)/Southlake/TX
Tommy Sadler/San Jose/CA
Alex Ratcliffe(R)/Berryville/VA
Greg Shaffer(R)/Harrisonburg/VA
Tomy Drissi/Hollywood/CA
GMG/Porsche 911 GT3
Motorsports Solutions/Acura TSX
Cates Engineering/Volkswagen GTI
saferteamdrivers.com/Honda Civic Si
Gulliver's Travels/Chevrolet Corvette
GT previous
Margin of
Victory: 01.392 Seconds
** - Faster than
record
GT Fastest Race Lap: Car # 8 Andy Pilgrim 01:58.410 - 99.417 MPH
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Chief Steward:Pat diNatale
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48:50.025
Best88.389
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GT Fastest
Andy
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MTMQualifier:
Special Ops Best
MovePilgrim,
of the Race1:56.086
Car # 18
Car # 46
fined 10 points
and $500
for driving conduct.
GTS Fastest
Qualifier:
Peter
Cunningham,
2:06.912 (92.757 mph)
Car # 29 fined $250 for pit speed.
TC Fastest
Qualifier: Todd Buras, 2:12.281 (88.992 mph)
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GT Fastest Race Lap: Andy Pilgrim, 1:58.410 (99.417 mph)
Optima Battery Best Standing Start: Don Istook advanced five positions off of the standing start.
Invisible Glass Clean Pass of the Race: James Sofronas
MTM Special Ops Best Move of the Race: Robert Stout
Sunoco Hard Charger of the Race: Charlie Solomon advanced 10 positions in the race.
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World Challenge • Round Twelve • Miller Motorsports Park
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Wittmer, Cunningham and Stout Cap World Challenge Season With Victories
TOOELE, Utah (Oct. 3, 2010) – Montreal’s Kuno Wittmer grabbed a season-ending World Challenge GT
victory during the Toyo Tires Utah Grand Prix Presented by Bondurant at Miller Motorsports Park on Sunday.
Peter Cunningham, of Milwaukee, Wis., and Robert Stout, of Brownsburg, Ind., capped GTS and Touring
Car Championship seasons with wins in their respective classes.
Wittmer’s No. 13 Dodge Motorsports Dodge Viper started second and held that position through the first
corner, chasing polesitter Randy Pobst. After falling behind by just over a second early in the race, Wittmer
took the lead from Pobst, the newly crowned Drivers’ Champion, on lap nine as the pair encountered
traffic in Turn Five. That pass earned Wittmer
the MTM Special Ops Watch Best Move of
the Race.
Once in the lead, Wittmer had a mirror
full of Pobst’s No. 6 K-Pax Racing/Safe +
Secure Volvo S60 and his teammate, Andy
Pigrim, just behind. Pilgrim, of Boca Raton,
Fla., moved his No. 8 K-Pax Racing/Safe +
Secure Volvo S60 past Pobst on lap 12, and
from there set sail to challenge Wittmer for
the lead.
Wittmer and Pilgrim pulled away slightly
from Pobst, and the remainder of the race
was a two-car, nose-to-tail battle between
the Viper and the Volvo. Wittmer ran a
Robert Stout won at Miller and
mistake free race, however, and finished
captured the TC Drivers’ Championship.
the 22-lap, 67.056-mile race ahead by just
0.346-second.
It was the second win of the year for Wittmer, who finished the season second in the Drivers’
Championship. Wittmer averaged 90.941 mph in the race, which ran caution-free.
“We’ve been fighting all season-long to win this Championship,” Wittmer said. “We couldn’t win it,
but we were able to get second place, so what could be better than Champion than being vice-Champion.
We’re really, really proud. This Viper has been really fast and consistent all season long. We’ve had highs
and lows, but it’s been mostly highs. To win at Long Beach and then to finish off with a win it just shows
how outstanding this team has been.”
The Viper’s win came on a weekend that was shared with the Viper Owners’ Group and their annual
gathering.
“We’ve got a thousand-plus people here supporting us,” Wittmer said of the seemingly endless parade
of Vipers at the facility. “It’s just incredible. I’ve met so many people over the course of the weekend and
they’re incredible, family people and that is just great for the [Viper] product.”
Despite a valiant effort, Pilgrim fell just short of his second-consecutive World Challenge win. Pilgrim’s
seventh podium of the season left him fourth in the Drivers’ Championship.
“Randy did a brilliant job getting pole, but with all that REWARDS weight, he was going to come back
and it was going to obviously hurt his tires,” Pilgrim said. “It was up to me to try to stay with Kuno. He
got caught in traffic and I’d catch him up. I’d get caught in traffic and he’d pull away a little bit. It was
definitely a concertina deal. He had good straightaway speed, so I couldn’t make anything up there. But I
seemed to have better brake and turn-in. I could stay with him, but to try to pass him would have taken a
real low-percentage move and it probably would have taken us both out.”
Pobst, of Gainesville, Ga., finished third to end a season that included his fourth World Challenge GT
Championship and a boost, with Pilgrim, to Volvo’s first Manufacturers’ Championship. Pobst also turned
the fastest lap of the race around the 3.048-mile, 15-turn “Outer Course” at Miller Motorsports Park with
a time of 1:58.936 (92.258 mph).
Jeff Courtney tied a career-best finish of fourth in his No. 99 Kenda Tires Dodge Viper, joining his
teammate Wittmer as the second Viper in the top four positions.
James Sofronas finished fifth in the No. 14 GMG Porsche 911 GT3 to become the top-finishing Porsche
and finish third in the Drivers’ Championship.
Jason Daskalos (No. 5 Daskalos Developments Dodge Viper) and Rob Morgan (No. 46 TruSpeed
Motorsports/Querencia Porsche 911 GT3) crossed the finish line in sixth and seventh.
Fred Roberts (No. 89 Direct Energy Home Services Dodge Viper) tied his career-best finish with an
eight-place and clinched the GameStreamer GT Rookie of the Year title.
Cunningham ended his record-setting season with eight wins after his 3.810-second victory in the GTS
class at Miller Motorsports Park.
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Starting on the GTS pole in his No. 43 Acura/RealTime Racing Acura TSX, Cunningham fell back to sixth
in class on the standing start going into Turn One. Cunningham had made three of those positions back by
the end of the first lap, but when the No. 79 UPR.com/Jamison Eng Chevrolet Corvette of Kyle Kelley went
by on lap two, Cunningham was back in fourth. Both Kelley and Cunningham passed the No. 27 Winkler
Automotive Service Ford Mustang FR500S of George Winkler, from Frederick, Md., on lap four.
When Kelley’s tire went down on lap six, Cunningham was in second and set sail for Ben Crosland in
the No. 25 RPMotorsports Ford Mustang FR500S.
The 17-year-old Crosland, running his third World Challenge race less than 30 miles from his home in
Salt Lake City, held off the six-time World Challenge Champion until lap 13.
Once Cunningham went by Crosland, he opened up a slight gap to the checkered flag for his
40th career World Challenge win, extending his record.
“It was tough, for sure,” Cunningham said. “I got shelled at the start. I don’t know how far I fell back
at the start—maybe eighth place, but I got a few back right away. I started to pick them off one at a time.
Some were more difficult than others.
“Ben Crosland raced me very clean and was doing an excellent job keeping the tires underneath his
car—congratulations to him and that team. Congratulations to Acura to finish out the year on a strong note
and to RealTime Racing for giving me a car that didn’t fail me.”
Crosland held on for a second-place finish, topping his previous best of fourth at Mid-Ohio Sports Car
Course in August.
Winkler held on to finish third, the second of the Mustangs converted from the recently-completed Ford
Racing Mustang Challenge based at Miller Motorsports Park, to cross the finish line.
Nick Esayian capped a career-best runner-up season in the Drivers’ Championship with a fourth
place finish in Utah. Driving the No. 34 Acura/RealTime Racing Acura TSX, Esayian also teamed with
Cunningham to bring Acura a record ninth World Challenge Manufacturers’ Championship, breaking a tie
with Porsche.
Oli Thordarson finished fifth in his World Challenge debut behind the wheel of the No. 23 Alvaka
Networks/Exposites.com Chevrolet Corvette.
Ernie Jakubowski was one of the cars who passed Cunningham at the start from his sixth position
on the GTS grid, but cut a tire on lap one and finished 13th in GTS. That finish, however, clinched the
GameStreamer GTS Rookie-of-the-Year award for Jakubowski.
Stout’s Touring Car win in the Series finale was an exclamation point to the rookie’s first season of
professional racing.
Stout started sixth in the Touring Car class and got a tremendous launch from the standing start,
propelling him past polesitter Taylor Hacquard, Jeff Mosing (No. 08 Frank’s International Mazda RX-8),
Eric Meyer, Pierre Kleinubing, and Robb Holland and into the lead on the opening lap to earn the Optima
Batteries Best Standing Start award.
In the lead, but not clear of the field, Stout’s No. 18 DG-Spec/Scion/TRD/Lucas Oil Scion tC, locked
into a wheel-to-wheel battle with Hacquard’s No. 31 Mazda/Cybernation MAZDASPEED3 and Holland’s
No. 22 3Zero3 Motorsports/Track Pro/Emich VW Volkswagen GTI. Hacquard officially led lap five, and the
trio continued to battle – so closely that Stout’s right-side mirror was knocked loose.
Stout and Hacquard swapped positions numerous times, with the 18-year-old Stout claiming the
Invisible Glass Clean Pass of the Race award on lap seven with a Turn 15 pass for the lead. Holland
remained just behind, ready to capitalize on any mistakes the leaders may have made.
Bad luck struck Hacquard and Holland in separate lap 10 instances, however. Holland had the hood of
his VW fly open on the front straight and pulled off the track in Turn One, while Hacquard was shown a
mechanical black flag and forced to pit to repair defective rear brake lights. The developments essentially
left Stout alone on the track and relegating the two front-runners to the end of the Touring Car field at
the finish.
Despite the No. 1 Mazda/Cybernation MAZDASPEED3 of Kleinubing lurking seconds behind for most
of the race, Stout maintained his lead and crossed the finish line with a 6.909-second margin of victory.
Stout also earned the Sunoco Hard Charger award for improving eight positions overall from start to
finish.
The win punctuated a season that saw the 18-year-old become the youngest World Challenge Drivers’
Champion, the GameStreamer Touring Car Rookie of the Year, clinch a Team Championship for DG-Spec,
and a Manufacturers’ Championship for Scion.
“This has been such a fantastic season,” Stout said. “Lucas Oil and Rockstar Energy have been so
supportive of us and helped us win the Championship, Rookie of the Year, the Team and Manufacturers’
Championships. Almost everything you can get, I was able to claim this year and I couldn’t do that without
so many people helping me out.
“I got a great start, and didn’t expect to have the first spot in Turn One, but I managed to. Rob Holland
and one of the I-MOTO cars [Hacquard] were right there and we were swapping positions left and right.
Next thing I know, the I-MOTO car is getting black flagged and Rob had some technical trouble and I just
was able to pull a gap over Kleinubing and we came out with the victory. What a fantastic way to end the
season.”
Kleinubing, of Coconut Beach, Fla., finished second in his first race in the World Challenge
Championships in 2010. Kleinubing was, however, entitled to run the No. 1 plate as a nod to his 2009
Touring Car Championship.
Meyer, of Indianapolis, Ind., finished third in the race behind the wheel of his No. 32 XOWii/Samaritan’s
Feet/Delvira Mazda RX-8, leaving him second in the Drivers’ Championship.
Tom Lepper, a teammate to Stout, finished fourth in the No. 36 DG-Spec/Scion/TRD/Lepper & Associates
Scion tC, followed by Branden Peterson in the No. 64 Competition Clutch/Supertech Performance Honda
Civic Si.
Michael Pettiford (No. 41 Go 4 It Racing Schools/Hawk Volkswagen Jetta GLI) finished sixth, followed
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Sanction # [PRWC-12-10] SCCA Pro Racing Sports Car Wars Weekend
at Miller Motorsports
on Oct.
1-3 2010
Track
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SCCA ProPark
Racing
Sports
Car Wars
Weekend
Miller
Motorsports Park on Oct. 3 2010
2010 Review
PS ST CAR
SPONSOR/CAR
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
2
3
1
4
7
6
8
9
10
11
12
5
13
14
15
16
21
20
13
8
6
99
14
5
46
89
33
05
12
29
43
25
27
34
23
88
GT
GT
GT
GT
GT
GT
GT
GT
GT
GT
GT
GT
GTS
GTS
GTS
GTS
GTS
GTS
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
1
2
3
4
5
6
Bret Curtis/Westlake Village/CA
George Winkler(R)/Frederick/MD
Oli Thordarson(R)/Trabuco Canyon/CA
Pratt Cole(R)/Salt Lake City/UT
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
22
19
23
24
31
29
28
33
34
17
32
27
25
35
18
26
30
36
00
55
75
83
18
1
32
36
64
79
41
08
26
40
91
31
22
17
GTS
GTS
GTS
GTS
TC
TC
TC
TC
TC
GTS
TC
TC
GTS
TC
GTS
TC
TC
GTS
7
8
9
10
1
2
3
4
5
11
6
7
12
8
13
9
10
14
Kris McCoy(R)/Pleasant Grove/UT
Richard Colinello(R)/Tampa/FL
Brad Adams(R)/New Orleans/LA
Karl Poeltl(R)/Knoxville/TN
Pierre Kleinubing/Coconut Creek/FL
Tom Lepper(R)/Benicia/CA
Kyle Kelley(R)/Huntington Beach/CA
Jeff Mosing(R)/Austin/TX
Robert Korzen(R)/Fredericksburg/VA
Ernie Jakubowski(R)/Oakville/ON
Taylor Hacquard/Vancouver/BC
Fabryce Kutyba/Santa Ana/CA
GMG/Porsche 911 GT3
Spectra Resources/United Steel/Porsche 911 GT3
/Porsche GT3 Cup
Alvaka Networks/Exposites.com/Chevrolet Corvette
Western Metals/USACaresForLife/Ford Mustang
FR500S
Gear x/IL4 & Supremacy Racing/Acura RSX
Racer's Edge/Wossner Pistons/BMW E46 325i
Mazda/Cybernation/MAZDASPEED3
UPR.com/Jamison Eng/Chevrolet Corvette
Elite Classics/Ford Mustang FR500S
Mazda/Cybernation/MAZDASPEED3
3ZERO3 Mtspts/TrackPro/EmichVW/VW GTI
GMG/GTGP/Stoptech/Sparco/BMW M3 E46
of Victory:
** - FasterGT
thanMargin
previous
RaceGTStatistics
Fastest Race Lap: Car # 6 Randy Pobst 01:58.936 - 92.258 MPH
GTS Fastest Race Lap: Car # 25 Ben Crosland(R) 02:08.883 - 85.137 MPH
TCrace:
Fastest
Race Lap: Car # 31 Taylor Hacquard 02:14.096 - 81.828 MPH
Time of
44:14.484
Overall
Race:90.941
00:44:14.484
Average
speed:
mph67.056 Miles 90.941 Miles per Hour
Signed: __________________
Time Posted
Signed: _____________________ ________
GT Fastest Qualifier: Randy Pobst, 1:57.256 (93.579 mph)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------GTS Fastest
Qualifier: Peter Cunningham, 2:06.834 (86.513 mph)
TC Fastest
Taylor
SunocoQualifier:
Hard Charger Car
# 18 Hacquard, 2:12.114 (83.055 mph)
PTS
LAPS STATUS
132
109
112
91
80
76
72
68
64
60
57
57
130
122
101
91
80
76
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
21
21
21
21
20
20
-.346
-10.142
-17.399
-19.452
-25.688
-53.407
-1:23.523
-1:26.157
-1:26.444
-1:50.251
-2:00.995
-1 lap
-1 lap
-1 lap
-1 lap
-2 laps
-2 laps
1:59.034
1:59.069
1:58.936
2:00.243
2:00.388
2:00.464
2:00.720
2:02.156
2:02.388
2:02.354
2:02.895
2:00.557
2:09.341
2:08.883
2:09.725
2:10.366
2:11.728
2:11.361
92.182
92.155
92.258
91.255
91.145
91.087
90.894
89.826
89.655
89.680
89.286
91.017
84.836
85.137
84.585
84.169
83.299
83.531
72
68
64
60
120
106
101
85
80
60
76
84
54
68
51
84
63
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
19
19
19
9
0
-2 laps
-2 laps
-2 laps
-2 laps
-2 laps
-2 laps
-2 laps
-2 laps
-2 laps
-2 laps
-2 laps
-2 laps
-2 laps
-3 laps
-3 laps
-3 laps
Mech.
DNS
2:11.006
2:11.175
2:12.235
2:12.455
2:14.578
2:15.443
2:14.614
2:15.072
2:14.848
2:09.171
2:15.594
2:15.181
2:15.217
2:20.531
2:13.146
2:14.096
2:14.454
no time
83.758
83.650
82.979
82.841
81.534
81.014
81.513
81.236
81.371
84.947
80.924
81.171
81.149
78.081
82.411
81.828
81.610
10-03-2010 17:36:46
MTM Special
Best Move
of thePobst
Race Car
# 13
GT Fastest
RaceOpsLap:
Randy
1:58.936
(92.25 mph)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------GTS Fastest
Race Lap: Ben Crosland, 2:08.883 (85.137 mph)
[#6 1-8] [#13 9-22]
TC Fastest Race Lap: Taylor Hacquard, 2:14.096 (81.828 mph)
Optima Battery Best Standing Start: Robert Stout advanced five positions on standing start.
MTM Special Ops Best Move of the Race: Kuno Wittmer
Sunoco Hard Charger of the Race: Robert Stout, eight positions overall.
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2010 GT RESULTS
GT SEASON-AT-A-GLANCE
Date
March 26-28 2010
March 26-28 2010
April 16-18 2010
May 21-23 2010
May 21-23 2010
July 2-3 2010
July 15-16 2010
Aug 6-8 2010
Aug 6-8 2010
Sept 10-12 2010
Sept 10-12 2010
Oct. 1-3 2010
Race
Distance
(miles)
59.4
55.8
57.072
73.77
73.77
74.8
57.915
65.481
65.481
71.94
71.94
67.056
Circuit
S1-St. Petersburg 1
S2-St. Pete 2
LB-Long Beach
M1-Mosport 1
M2-Mosport 2
WG-Watkins Glen
TR-Toronto
M1-Mid-Ohio 1
O2-Mid-Ohio 2
V1-VIR 1
V2-VIR 2
MR-Miller
# of
laps
33
31
29
30
30
22
33
29
29
22
22
22
#
of
ent
16
16
21
15
16
14
13
15
15
13
12
12
#
of
qu
16
16
21
14
15
12
12
15
15
0
12
11
#
of
st
16
16
21
15
16
14
13
15
15
12
11
12
# of
fn
16
16
21
15
16
14
13
15
15
12
11
12
Victory
Margin
(sec)
1.189
0.848
8.475
2.532
2.441
11.775
0.821
1.453
0.151
6.882
1.392
0.346
# LD
CHG
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
* Denotes Track Record
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GT DRIVERS’ SCOREBOARD
CIRCUIT
S1-St. Pete 1
S2-St. Pete 2
LB-Long Beach
M1-Mosport 1
M2-Mosport 2
WG-Watkins Glen
TR-Toronto
M1-Mid-Ohio 1
O2-Mid-Ohio 2
V1-VIR 1
V2-VIR 2
MR-Miller
WINNER
Randy Pobst
Dino Crescentini
Kuno Wittmer
Randy Pobst
Ron Fellows
Ron Fellows
Randy Pobst
Mike Skeen(R)
James Sofronas
Randy Pobst
Andy Pilgrim
Kuno Wittmer
WINNER’S
SPEED(MPH)
72.367
66.764
80.787
104.011
103.972
104.056
69.574
77.080
77.791
97.219
88.389
90.941
FASTEST
QUALIFIER
Randy Pobst
Randy Pobst
Kuno Wittmer
Randy Pobst
Randy Pobst
Randy Pobst
Randy Pobst
James Sofronas
James Sofronas
Andy Pilgrim
Randy Pobst
QUALIFYING
SPEED (MPH)
82.064
82.064
83.379*
106.094
106.958
106.930
84.711*
93.756
93.756
101.407
93.579
FASTEST
RACE LAP
Andy Pilgrim
Randy Pobst
Kuno Wittmer
Randy Pobst
Ron Fellows
Ron Fellows
Randy Pobst
Mike Skeen(R)
Mike Skeen(R)
Kuno Wittmer
Andy Pilgrim
Randy Pobst
SPEED(MPH)
80.627
81.905
82.576*
105.563*
105.602*
105.816
83.667*
93.117*
92.983
100.678
99.417
92.258
GT Rookie-of-the-Year
(Starting Position) Finishing Position
Pos
1
2
3
4
5
82
Driver
Fred Roberts(R)
Steve Ott(R)
Mike Skeen(R)
Brent Holden(R)
Nick Mancuso(R)
Pts
684
222
196
45
41
S1
(16)13
(9)15
-
S2
(16)13
(9)16
-
LB
(21)16
(11)20
(19)15
(17)17
M1
(9)9
(11)13
-
M2
(8)10
(10)14
-
WG
(10)11
-
TR
(10)12
-
M1
(12)10
(2)1
-
O2
(12)12
(2)9
-
V1
(10)9
-
V2
(11)8
-
MR
(9)8
-
GT DRIVERS’ CHAMPIONSHIP
PS.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
DRIVER - CAR
Randy Pobst, Volvo S60
Kuno Wittmer, Dodge Viper
James Sofronas, Porsche 911 GT3
Andy Pilgrim, Volvo S60
Jason Daskalos, Dodge Viper
Rob Morgan, Porsche 911 GT3
Jeff Courtney, Dodge Viper
Tony Gaples, Chevrolet Corvette
Dino Crescentini, Porsche 911 GT3
Patrick Lindsey, Porsche 911 GT3
Fred Roberts(R), Dodge Viper
William Ziegler, Porsche 911 GT3
Charles Morgan, Porsche 911 GT3
Ron Fellows, Chevrolet Corvette
Tony Rivera, Nissan GT-R
Steve Ott(R), Nissan GT-R
Mike Skeen(R), Chevrolet Corvette
Robert Prilika, Porsche GT3 Cup
Brian Kubinski, Chevrolet Corvette
Jeff Altenburg, Porsche 911 GT3
Tomy Drissi, Chevrolet Corvette
Brandon Davis, Ford Mustang GT
Boris Said, Ford Mustang GT
Brent Holden(R), Porsche 911 GT3
Scott Bove, Porsche 911 GT3
Nick Mancuso(R), Aston Martin DB9
PTS.
1296
1098
1052
1044
888
838
836
759
723
711
684
653
508
303
284
222
196
162
152
142
102
101
88
45
45
41
S1
(1) 1**
(6) 6
(3) 3
(4) 2
(5)12
(11) 8
(12)10
(13) 9
(2)14
(8) 4
(16)13
(14)16
(15)11
(7) 7
(9)15
(10) 5
-
S2
(1)14
(6) 5
(3) 2
(4) 3
(5) 4
(11) 6
(12) 9
(13)10
(2) 1**
(8)15
(16)13
(14)12
(15)11
(7) 8
(9)16
(10) 7
-
LB
(2) 6
(1) 1**
(8) 5
(4) 9
(10)12
(13) 8
(9) 7
(16)10
(6) 2
(12)19
(21)16
(18)11
(20)13
(7)18
(15)21
(11)20
(14)14
(3) 3
(5) 4
(19)15
(17)17
M1
(1) 1**
(3) 2
(2)14
(5) 4
(10) 8
(6) 6
(8) 7
(7) 5
(4) 3
(9) 9
(14)12
(12)11
(13)10
(11)13
(15)15
-
M2
(1) 2*
(3) 4
16) 6
(4)16
(6) 3
(13) 8
(9) 7
(11)12
(5) 9
(7) 5
(8)10
(15)15
(12)11
(2) 1**
(14)13
(10)14
-
WG
(1) 3*
(4) 2
(6) 7
(13)14
(5) 4
(9)10
(14)12
(7) 8
(8) 6
(3) 5
(10)11
(11)13
(12) 9
(2) 1**
-
TR
(1) 1**
(7) 6
(4) 2
(2) 3
(11) 9
(6) 7
(8) 8
(9)10
(5) 5
(3) 4
(10)12
(12)13
(13)11
-
M1
(5) 7
(6) 4
(1) 2*
(3) 9
(11) 6
(9) 8
(10)13
(8)15
(7) 5
(4) 3
(12)10
(14)12
(13)11
(2) 1**
(15)14
-
O2
(5) 3
(6)14
(1) 1**
(3) 2
(11) 7
(9) 8
(10) 5
(8) 6
(7)15
(4) 4
(12)12
(14)10
(13)13
(2) 9
(15)11
-
V1
(1) 1**
(2) 4
(3) 2
(5) 3
(6) 6
(7) 5
(8) 7
(9) 8
DNS
(10) 9
(11)10
(13)11
(12)12
-
V2
(3) 2
(2)10
(4) 3
(1) 1**
(6)11
(7) 5
(10) 6
(5) 7
11) 8
12) 9
(8) 4
DNS
-
MR
(1) 3*
(2) 1**
(7) 5
(3) 2
(6) 6
(8) 7
(4) 4
(5)12
(9) 8
(11)10
(12)11
-
* Lap Led** Most Laps Led
GT MANUFACTURER PERFORMANCE
Finishing Position (* Started on Pole)
PS.
1
2
3
4
5
Manufacturer
Volvo(GT)
Porsche(GT)
Dodge(GT)
Nissan(GT)
Ford(GTX)
LEGEND
S1-St. Pete 1
M2-Mosport 2
O2-Mid-Ohio 2
Points
85
68
52
0
0
S1
1*
3
6
7
0
S2
3*
1
4
8
0
S2-St. Pete 2
WG-Watkins Glen
V1-VIR 1
LB
6
2
1*
20
3
M1
1*
3
2
10
0
M2
2*
5
3
13
0
WG
3*
5
2
0
0
LB-Long Beach
TR-Toronto
V2-VIR 2
TR
1*
2
6
0
0
M1
7
2*
4
0
0
O2
2
1*
5
0
0
V1
1*
2
4
0
0
V2
1*
3
6
0
0
MR
2*
5
1
0
0
M1-Mosport 1
M1-Mid-Ohio 1
MR-Miller
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2010 GTS RESULTS
GTS SEASON-AT-A-GLANCE
Date
March 26-28 2010
March 26-28 2010
April 16-18 2010
May 21-23 2010
May 21-23 2010
July 2-3 2010
July 15-16 2010
Aug 6-8 2010
Aug 6-8 2010
Sept 10-12 2010
Sept 10-12 2010
Oct. 1-3 2010
Race
Distance
(miles)
57.6
54
53.136
68.852
68.852
71.4
56.16
65.481
65.481
65.4
68.67
64.008
Circuit
S1-St. Pete 1
S2-St. Pete 2
LB-Long Beach
M1-Mosport 1
M2-Mosport 2
WG-Watkins Glen
TR-Toronto
M1-Mid-Ohio 1
O2-Mid-Ohio 2
V1-VIR 1
V2-VIR 2
MR-Miller
# of
laps
32
30
27
28
28
21
32
29
29
20
21
21
#
of
ent
6
6
10
5
4
4
3
10
10
6
5
14
#
of
qu
5
5
9
5
4
3
3
10
9
6
5
10
# of
fn
#
of
st
6
6
8
4
4
4
3
10
10
6
5
13
Victory
Margin
(sec)
2.695
0.544
49.535
22.099
14.201
0.000
1.678
0.000
10.925
52.373
2.557
3.810
6
6
8
4
4
4
3
10
10
5
5
13
# LD
CHG
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
1
2
1
1
2
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GTS DRIVERS’ SCOREBOARD
CIRCUIT
S1-St. Pete 1
S2-St. Pete 2
LB-Long Beach
M1-Mosport 1
M2-Mosport 2
WG-Watkins Glen
TR-Toronto
M1-Mid-Ohio 1
O2-Mid-Ohio 2
V1-VIR 1
V2-VIR 2
MR-Miller
WINNER
Peter Cunningham
Peter Cunningham
Tyler McQuarrie(R)
John Heinricy
John Heinricy
Peter Cunningham
Peter Cunningham
Peter Cunningham
Peter Cunningham
Nick Esayian
Peter Cunningham
Peter Cunningham
WINNER’S
SPEED(MPH)
69.622
64.313
74.270
96.534
96.051
95.110
66.046
75.461
76.515
88.272
83.348
83.935
FASTEST
QUALIFIER
Peter Cunningham
Peter Cunningham
Tyler McQuarrie(R)
Peter Cunningham
Tyler McQuarrie(R)
Peter Cunningham
Peter Cunningham
Peter Cunningham
Peter Cunningham
Peter Cunningham
Peter Cunningham
Peter Cunningham
QUALIFYING
SPEED (MPH)
75.696
75.696
77.466
97.916
97.840
96.853
78.073
86.865
86.865
92.739
92.757
86.513
FASTEST
RACE LAP
Peter Cunningham
Brandon Davis
Tyler McQuarrie(R)
John Heinricy
John Heinricy
Peter Cunningham
Peter Cunningham
Peter Cunningham
Peter Cunningham
Peter Cunningham
Peter Cunningham
Ben Crosland(R)
SPEED(MPH)
74.980
75.624*
75.783
97.533
97.531
96.187
76.494
85.928
85.826
91.428
91.187
85.137
GTS Rookie-of-the-Year
Pos
1
Driver
Pts
Ernie Jakubowski(R) 535
S1
-
S2
-
LB
-
M1
-
M2
-
WG
(3)3
TR
(3)2*
M1
(3)10
O2
(2)3*
V1
DSQ
V2
(4)3
MR
(6)13
2
Kevin Helms(R)
526
(3)6
(3)4
-
-
-
-
-
(10)4
(9)8
(4)2
(5)4
-
3
Tyler McQuarrie(R)
359
-
-
(1)1
(3)2
(1)2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
Ben Crosland(R)
293
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(4)5
(3)4
-
-
(2)2
5
George Winkler(R)
241
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(6)9
(5)6
-
-
(3)3
6
Richard Colinello(R)
216
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(7) 6
(6) 7
-
-
(7)8
7
Brad Adams(R)
196
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(8)7
(7)10
-
-
(11)9
8
Devin Cates(R)
165
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(5)3
(4)5
-
-
-
9
Tom Lepper(R)
162
(5)5
(5)6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
10
Gary Savage(R)
132
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(9)8
(8)9
-
-
-
11
Gary Tolar(R)
83
-
-
(5)5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
12
Pratt Cole(R)
76
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(8)6
13
Scott Kuhne(R)
72
-
-
(7)7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
14
Karl Poeltl(R)
69
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
DNS
-
(12)10
15
Kevin Marshall(R)
68
-
-
(8)8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
16
Kyle Kelley(R)
60
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(5)11
84
GTS DRIVERS’ CHAMPIONSHIP
DRIVER - CAR
Peter Cunningham, Acura TSX
Nick Esayian, Acura TSX
Ernie Jakubowski(R), Porsche Cayman S
Kevin Helms(R), Acura RSX
Tyler McQuarrie(R), Lotus Exige S
Ben Crosland(R), Ford Mustang FR500S
Michael Pettiford, Chevrolet Corvette
Tommy Sadler, Acura TSX
John Heinricy, Chevrolet Corvette
George Winkler(R), Ford Mustang FR500S
Richard Colinello(R), Ford Mustang FR5
Brandon Davis, Acura TSX
Brad Adams(R), Ford Mustang FR500S
Devin Cates(R), Ford Mustang FR500S
Tom Lepper(R), Pontiac Solstice GXP
Gary Savage(R), Ford Mustang FR500S
Charles Espenlaub, Mazda3
Gary Tolar(R), Porsche 996
Stan Wilson, Dodge Neon SRT
Pratt Cole(R), Ford Mustang FR500S
Scott Kuhne(R), Pontiac Solstice GXP
Karl Poeltl(R), BMW E46 325i
Kevin Marshall(R), Lotus Exige S
Kyle Kelley(R), Chevrolet Corvette
Paul Dagis(R), BMW M3
Dale Laakso(R), Acura RSX
Fabryce Kutyba, BMW M3 E46
PTS.
1466
1252
535
526
359
293
275
266
264
241
216
200
196
165
162
132
85
83
80
76
72
69
68
60
3
0
0
S1
(1) 1**
(2) 3
(3) 6
(4) 4
(6) 2
(5) 5
-
S2
(1) 1**
(2) 3
(3) 4
(4) 5
(6) 2
(5) 6
-
LB
(2) 6
(3) 2
(1) 1**
(4) 3
DNS
(6) 4
(5) 5
(7) 7
(8) 8
DNS
-
M1
(1) 3
(4) 4
(3) 2
(2) 1**
DNS
-
M1
3*
0
0
M2
3
0
0
M2
(3) 3
(4) 4
(1) 2
(2) 1**
-
WG
(1) 1**
(2) 2
(3) 3
(4) 4
-
TR
(1) 1**
(2) 3
(3) 2*
-
WG
1*
3
0
TR
1*
2
0
M1
1*
10
0
M1
(1) 1**
(2) 2
(3)10
(10) 4
(4) 5
(6) 9
(7) 6
(8) 7
(5) 3
(9) 8
-
O2
(1) 1**
(10) 2
(2) 3*
(9) 8
(3) 4
(5) 6
(6) 7
(7)10
(4) 5
(8) 9
-
V1
(1) 4**
(2) 1
DSQ
(4) 2
(5) 3
(6) 5
DNS
-
O2
1*
3
0
V1
1*
5
5
V2
1*
3
0
V2
MR
(1) 1** (1) 1*
(2) 2 (4) 4
(4) 3 (6)13
(5) 4 (2) 2**
(6) 5 (3) 3
(7) 8
(11) 9
(8) 6
(12)10
(5)11
DNS
GTS MANUFACTURER PERFORMANCE
PS.
1
2
3
Manufacturer
Acura(GTS)
Porsche(GTS)
Dodge(GTS)
LEGEND
S1-St. Pete 1
M2-Mosport 2
O2-Mid-Ohio 2
Points
111
24
2
S1
1*
0
0
S2
1*
0
0
S2-St. Pete 2
WG-Watkins Glen
V1-VIR 1
LB
1*
0
0
LB-Long Beach
TR-Toronto
V2-VIR 2
MR
1*
13
0
M1-Mosport 1
M1-Mid-Ohio 1
MR-Miller
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PS.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
2010 TC RESULTS
TC SEASON-AT-A-GLANCE
Date
March 26-28 2010
March 26-28 2010
April 16-18 2010
May 21-23 2010
May 21-23 2010
July 2-3 2010
July 15-16 2010
Aug 6-8 2010
Aug 6-8 2010
Sept 10-12 2010
Sept 10-12 2010
Oct. 1-3 2010
Race
Distance
(miles)
55.8
54
51.168
66.393
66.393
68
54.405
63.224
63.224
65.4
68.67
60.96
Circuit
S1-St. Pete 1
S2-St. Pete 2
LB-Long Beach
M1-Mosport 1
M2-Mosport 2
WG-Watkins Glen
TR-Toronto
M1-Mid-Ohio 1
O2-Mid-Ohio 2
V1-VIR 1
V2-VIR 2
MR-Miller
# of
laps
31
30
26
27
27
20
31
28
28
20
21
20
#
of
ent
9
9
5
10
9
9
10
14
15
16
15
10
#
of
qu
9
9
5
9
9
9
10
13
12
16
16
9
# of
fn
#
of
st
9
8
5
9
9
9
10
15
15
16
16
10
Victory
Margin
(sec)
13.157
0.000
19.666
0.224
0.507
29.389
6.053
3.577
1.282
1.868
6.648
6.909
9
8
5
9
9
9
10
14
15
16
15
10
# LD
CHG
2
1
1
2
2
2
1
2
2
1
3
2
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TC DRIVERS’ SCOREBOARD
CIRCUIT
S1-St. Pete 1
S2-St. Pete 2
LB-Long Beach
M1-Mosport 1
M2-Mosport 2
WG-Watkins Glen
TR-Toronto
M1-Mid-Ohio 1
O2-Mid-Ohio 2
V1-VIR 1
V2-VIR 2
MR-Miller
WINNER
Todd Buras(R)
Todd Buras(R)
Robert Stout(R)
Chip Herr
Robert Stout(R)
Robert Stout(R)
Nick Wittmer
Ryan Eversley(R)
Ryan Eversley(R)
Todd Buras(R)
Robert Stout(R)
Robert Stout(R)
WINNER’S
SPEED(MPH)
66.595
63.128
70.210
91.019
90.804
90.181
64.731
72.865
73.410
86.435
82.894
80.464
FASTEST
QUALIFIER
Mark Hein
Mark Hein
Nick Wittmer
Robert Stout(R)
Chip Herr
Eric Meyer(R)
Nick Wittmer
Jason Saini
Jason Saini
Todd Buras(R)
Todd Buras(R)
Taylor Hacquard
QUALIFYING
SPEED (MPH)
72.955
72.955
73.085
92.751
92.127
91.509
74.510
83.126
83.126
88.856
88.992
83.055
FASTEST
RACE LAP
Todd Buras(R)
Todd Buras(R)
Robert Stout(R)
Tom Lepper(R)
Robb Holland
Alexander Lvov
Nick Wittmer
Eric Meyer(R)
Ryan Eversley(R)
Todd Buras(R)
Todd Buras(R)
Taylor Hacquard
SPEED(MPH)
72.907
73.618*
72.478
92.049
92.342*
91.403
74.178
82.880
82.926*
88.714
87.858
81.828
TC Rookie-of-the-Year
Pos
1
Driver
Robert Stout(R)
Pts
1317
S1
(3)2
S2
(3)2
LB
(2)1
M1
(1)4
M2
(2)1
WG
(4)1
TR
(3)3
M1
(8)4
O2
(8)10
V1
(2)2
V2
(4)1
MR
(6)1
2
Eric Meyer(R)
1022
(4)5
(4)5
(3)2
(5)3
(6)5
(1)7
(2)2
(15)3
(14)8
(4)16
(3)14
(3)3
3
Brett Sandberg(R)
740
(6)4
(6)7
-
(9)7
(7)7
(5)4
(4)10
(9)6
(9)13
(6)3
(6)6
-
4
Dan Gardner(R)
595
(7)3
(7)4
(4)5
-
-
(2)2
(6)8
(7)10
(7)3
-
-
-
5
Shea Holbrook(R)
553
(8)6
(8)6
-
DNS
-
(6)8
(9)5
(11)8
(11)6
(10)9
(9)15
-
6
Todd Buras(R)
414
(2)1
(2)1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(1)1
DSQ
-
7
Jeff Mosing(R)
210
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(5)13
(5) 7
-
-
(2) 7
8
Colin Cohen(R)
188
-
-
-
-
-
(8)6
-
-
-
(16)14
(16) 9
-
9
Devin Cates(R)
139
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(3)6
(7)12
-
10
Tony Wedderburn(R)
132
(9)9
(9)8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
11
Ryan Eversley(R)
129
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(3)1
(3)1
-
-
-
12
Alex Ratcliffe(R)
121
-
-
-
-
-
(9) 9
-
-
-
-
(13)11
-
13
Tommy Chen(R)
88
-
-
(5)4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
14
Bob Roth(R)
64
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(12)9
-
-
-
-
15
Tristan Herbert(R)
57
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(13)11
-
-
-
16
Jose M Armengol(R)
45
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(11)15
-
-
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TC DRIVERS’ CHAMPIONSHIP
PS.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
DRIVER - CAR
Robert Stout(R), Scion tC
Eric Meyer(R), Mazda RX-8
Brett Sandberg(R), Acura TSX
Robb Holland, VW GTI
Dan Gardner(R), Scion tC
Shea Holbrook(R), Honda Civic Si
Michael Pettiford, Volkswagen Jetta GL
Don Istook, Volkswagen GTI
Todd Buras(R), Volkswagen Jetta GLI
Nick Wittmer, Honda Civic Si
Greg Shaffer(R), Scion tC
Charlie Solomon(R), Mazda RX-8
Carolyn Kujala(R), Volkswagen Jetta GL
Tom Lepper(R), Scion tC
Chip Herr, Volkswagen Jetta GLI
Jason Saini, MAZDASPEED3
Jeff Mosing(R), Mazda RX-8
Mark Hein, Honda Civic Si
Colin Cohen(R), Volkswagen GTI
Alexander Lvov, Honda Civic Si
Carl Hober, Honda Civic Si
Devin Cates(R), Volkswagen GTI
Branden Peterson, Honda Civic Si
David Tuaty, Honda Civic Si
Tony Wedderburn(R), Chevrolet Cobalt S
Ryan Eversley(R), Mazda RX8
Tristan Herbert(R), Lexus IS300
Jose M Armengol(R), Honda Civic Si
Pierre Kleinubing, MAZDASPEED3
Tommy Chen(R), Mazda RX-8
Alex Ratcliffe(R), Lexus IS300
Bob Roth(R), Honda Civic Si
PTS.
1317
1022
740
619
595
553
441
428
414
392
377
346
293
276
246
224
210
199
188
175
157
139
134
133
132
129
114
113
106
88
64
64
S1
(3) 2
(4) 5
(6) 4
(7) 3
(8) 6
(2) 1**
(1) 7*
(5) 8
(9) 9
-
S2
(3) 2
(4) 5
(6) 7
(7) 4
(8) 6
(2) 1**
(1) 3
DNS
(9) 8
-
LB
(2) 1**
(3) 2
(4) 5
(1) 3
(5) 4
-
M1
(1) 4**
(5) 3
(9) 7
(6) 5
DNS
(8) 6
(3) 9
(7) 8
(2) 2
(4) 1*
-
M1
2*
1
3
10
M2
1
2*
5
0
M2
(2) 1*
(6) 5
(7) 7
(3) 3
(8) 8
(4) 4
(9) 9
(5) 6
(1) 2**
-
WG
(4) 1**
(1) 7*
(5) 4
(2) 2
(6) 8
(7) 5
(8) 6
(3) 3
(9) 9
-
TR
(3) 3
(2) 2
(4)10
(10) 6
(6) 8
(9) 5
(7) 4
(8) 7
(1) 1**
(5) 9
-
WG
1
0
7*
3
TR
3
4
2
1*
M1
4
7
1*
5
M1
(8) 4
(15) 3
(9) 6
(2)12
(7)10
(11) 8
(6) 7
(4) 5
DSQ
(13)11
(1) 2*
(5)13
(10)14
(3) 1**
(12) 9
O2
(8)10
(14) 8
(9)13
(2)15
(7) 3
(11) 6
(6)14
(4) 9
(13) 5
(12)11
(1) 2*
(5) 7
(15)12
(10) 4
(3) 1**
-
V1
(2) 2
(4)16
(6) 3
(9) 4
(10) 9
(7) 8
(14)10
(1) 1**
(5) 5
(12)12
(15)13
(16)14
(8) 7
(3) 6
(13)11
(11)15
-
O2
3
11
1*
4
V1
2
1*
12
7
V2
1
2*
5
4
V2
(4) 1*
(3)14
(6) 6
(5) 2
(9)15
(8) 3
(12) 7
DSQ
(2)13
(14) 5
(15)10
(16) 9
(10) 4
(7)12
(13)11
(11) 8
-
MR
(6) 1**
(3) 3
(5)10
(7) 6
(10) 8
(8) 4
(2) 7
(9) 5
(4) 2
-
TC MANUFACTURER PERFORMANCE
PS.
1
2
3
4
Manufacturer
Scion(TC)
Volkswagen(TC)
Mazda(TC)
Honda(TC)
LEGEND
S1-St. Pete 1
M2-Mosport 2
O2-Mid-Ohio 2
Points
87
57
55
38
S1
2
1
5
7*
S2
2
1
5
3*
S2-St. Pete 2
WG-Watkins Glen
V1-VIR 1
LB
1
0
2
3*
LB-Long Beach
TR-Toronto
V2-VIR 2
MR
1
6
2
5
M1-Mosport 1
M1-Mid-Ohio 1
MR-Miller
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THE
D RIVERS
BRAD ADAMS
braed AE-duhms
New Orleans, LA
Age: 48
2010: Entered Mid-Ohio (Rounds 8 and 9) and Miller Motorsports Park (Round
12) events in GTS in a Ford Mustang finishing 7th, 10th and 9th respectively.
Previously: First race – 2004 Panoz Racing Series, Barber Motorsports,
Birmingham, AL. Racing Experience – Panoz Racing School 2004; Panoz Racing
Series 2004 to 2007; SCCA Pro MX-5 Cup Series 2007 to 2009; The Mustang
Challenge 2008 to 2010; The Continental Tire Challenge Series 2010; 12 Hours
at the Point – 12 Hour Endurance Race at Summit Point in West Virginia, 2005
to 2009; The Longest Day of Nelson – 24 Hour Race at Nelson Ledges, 2006 to 2008; 12 Hours of Nelson
Ledges, 2009; 13 Hours of VIR, 2007 and 2008; Numerous SCCA Club Racing Events 2005 to 2009.
Personal: Born December 8, 1962. Single. Is the Vice President & General Counsel of Oil & Gas Rental
Tools, LLC. Hobbies include collecting art, antiques cars and wine; restoring antique wooden boats; long
distance cycling and spinning and of course racing. Drives an Aston Martin Vanquish on the street. Favorite
TV channel is SPEED. Lists racing heroes as Carroll Shelby and Sterling Moss. Favorite food is Italian and
his favorite track is Sebring.
The Drivers
Lawson Aschenbach
lAWsuhn AH-shihn-bahk
Maryland
Age: 27
Previously: 1992-2000: Karting; 2000-2001: SCCA Formula Ford 1600 Racing;
2002-2003: Formula Ford Zetec Championship; 2005: IMSA CUP / World
Challenge (both partial season); 2006-2007: SPEED World Challenge; 20082009: Grand-Am Rolex / KONI Challenge (both partial season); 2010: Grand-Am
Continental Tire Challenge / American Le Mans (ALMS Partial Season); 2011:
Grand-Am Continental Tire Challenge / World Challenge. Awards: 2010 GrandAm Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge ST Champion (Compass360 Racing
Honda Civic Si); 2006 SPEED World Challenge GT Champion (Jon Groom Racing
Porsche GT3); 2002 Road to Indy Oval Crown Champion; 2001 SCCA South East National Formula
Ford Champion; WKA National Karting Champion; 4-time WKA Grand National Karting Champion; North
American Karting Champion. Aschenbach has been a part of four Manufacturers’ Championships (Porsche
2006, Cadillac 2007, Chevrolet 2008, Honda 2010).
Personal: Single, born November 22, 1983. Drives a GMC Yukon Denali on the street and lists anything
healthy as his favorite food. His favorite TV show is ESPN’s Sports Center and lists his favorite tracks as
Mid-Ohio, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Road Atlanta, and Watkins Glen. Lists dealership lot attendant
as his first job.
PAUL BROWN
PAUL BROWN
Covina, Calif.
Age: 45
Previously: Started SCCA Club Racing in 1992. Has served as a Ford Motor
Company Tier 4 test driver and Aero Racing USA (Morgan) factory test driver. In
1993 finished eighth in first SCCA Pro Race, racing a Ford Mustang Cobra at Des
Moines in the WC Class. Earned a total of 12 top-10 and four top-five finishes
in World Challenge between 1993 and 1998. Best Championship finish came
in 1998 when he finished sixth. Ended the year seventh in the 1999 SPEED
GT Championship with four top-10 finishes and a career-high second-place at
Vancouver, driving a Ford Saleen Mustang. In 2000, earned top-10 finishes at
Lowes Motor Speedway, Lime Rock Park and Ste. Croix behind the wheel of a Saleen SR. Enter two events
in 2001 with a Chevrolet Corvette, finishing 15th at Sebring and 14th at Road Atlanta. Finished 11th in
the 2004 Le Mans Historic 24 Hours driving a 1971 Ferrari 512 M. Was a winner at the 2005 Monterey
Historics in a 1961 Chaparral 1. In 2006 won the first-ever NASA American Iron Extreme national race. In
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2008, Entered first two rounds of the SPEED GT season in a Porsche 911 GT3, finishing 10th at Sebring
and 20th at Long Beach. In 2009, entered the season finale at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in a Ford
Mustang GT, finishing 20th.
Personal: Born July 8, 1965. Married to World Challenge veteran Carol Hollfelder. Is the race shop manager
for Tiger Racing, but first job was as a Skip Barber mechanic. Drives a Ford Mustang GT on the street.
Enjoys a good steak and the TV show Top Gear. Road America is his favorite track and Brian Redman is
his racing hero.
YearClass
1993
B
1994
WC
1995
Sports
1996
T1
1997
T1
1998
T1
1999
GT
2000
GT
2001
GT
2008
GT
2009
GT
TotalsWC
StartsWins
3
0
2
0
4
0
2
0
4
0
7
0
10
0
10
0
2
0
2
0
1
0
47
0
Top-5
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
5
Top-10
2
1
2
0
2
5
4
3
0
1
0
20
Pts. Fin. (T10)
6
7
0
6
Todd Buras
tahd byoo‘rus
Age: 40
2010: Entered Rounds 1 and 2 at St. Petersburg and Rounds 10 and 11 at VIR
in a VW Jetta GlI. Finished first in Rounds 1, 2 and 10.
Previously: Ran three races in Grand Am Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge in
ST in 2010. Competed in 2007/2009 SCCA Pro Racing Mazda MX-5 Cup.
Personal: Born June 8, 1970. Married to Debby. Two Children (Shelby and
Alexandra). Drives a Ford F250 Diesel. Lists Modern Family as his favorite TV
show, Randy Pobst and Jimmy Johnson as his racing heroes.
2010: Entered Rounds 8 and 9 at Mid-Ohio in a Ford Mustang and finished 3rd
and 5th in GTS respectively. Entered Rounds 10 and 11 in a Volkswagen GTi and
finished 5th and 12th in Touring Car respectively.
Previously: First race was in a 1990 Ford Mustang at VIR in 2000, as part of
NASA Camaro/Mustang Challenge. History includes racing in NASA Camaro/
Mustang Challenge 2006; NASA/SCCA Spec Miata 2007-09; VW Jetta TDI Cup
2009; Grand Am 2010; Mustang Challenge 2010.
Personal: Single, born January 13, 1990. Attended James Madison University - Marketing Major, Creative
Writing Minor. Played guitar in bands around Northern Virginia and still writes and composes music. His
daily driver is a Subaru WRX STi and lists steak and Chinese as his favorite foods. Favorite TV Show is
Californication, lists Lewis Hamilton as his favorite driver and Road Atlanta as his favorite track. Lists
racecar mechanic as his first job.
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The Drivers
Devin Cates
dehvihn Kates
Fairfax, VA
Age: 21
JEFF COURTNEY
JEF KORT-nee
Milwaukee, Wis.
Age: 44
Career Highlights: 2006 Piloti SPEED Touring Car Rookie of the Year.
2010: Finished 7th in GT Drivers’ Championship with 10 top 10 finishes and
4th at Miller Motorsports park.
Previously: In the 1980s ran motorcycles and motocross. Prior to joining World
Challenge, competed in SCCA Pro Racing Mazdaspeed Miata Cup. Also drove
in Grand-Am Cup GS and Panoz Pro GT, as well as oval track snow-mobiling and
motorcycle competitions. Won the 2005 Panoz GT Pro winter series championship, and also claimed the
Miata Cup Sunoco Hard Charger award at Mosport in 2005. Competed in first World Challenge event in
2005, placing 19th after starting 27th at Sebring. Competed in a full year of SPEED Touring Car in 2006
with the STaSIS Audi team. Finished the year 10th in the Drivers’ Championship with four top-10 finishes,
including a career-best fourth at Mid-Ohio. earning him the Piloti Rookie of the Year Award. Stepped over
from SPEED Touring Car to GT in 2007, driving a Woodhouse Performance Dodge Viper. Earned four
top-10 finishes en route to finishing a career-high seventh in the Drivers’ Championship. Best finish was
fifth at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, where his teammate was NASCAR star Kasey Kahne. In 2008, driving
a Woodhouse Performance Dodge Viper, equaled his best SPEED GT finish of fifth at Sebring. Collected
three more top-10 finishes to end the year eighth in the Drivers’ Championship. In 2009, finished 12th
in GT in a Dodge Viper. Had a season best of sixth at Mid-Ohio.
Personal: Drives a BMW M3 on the street. Likes mexican and italian food and favorite TV shows are sports
related. Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca is his favorite track. Bob Woodhouse is his racing hero.
The Drivers
YearClass
2005
TC
2006
TC
2007
GT
2008
GT
2009
TC
2009
GT
2010
GT
Totals
StartsWins
1
0
10
0
10
0
10
0
1
0
8
0
12
0
52
0
Top-5
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
4
Top-10
0
4
4
6
0
4
10
29
Fin. (T10)
10
7
8
1
7
7
DINO CRESCENTINI
DEE-no cres-en-TEE-nee
Malibu, Calif.
Age: 50
Career Highlights: 2004 SPEED Touring Car Rookie of the Year.
2010: Finished 9th in GT Drivers’ Championship with seven top 10 finishes and
a win in Round 2 at St. Petersburg.
Previously: Began racing various motocross and desert events in 1972 and continues to participate in these events. For the past 25 years, Dino has competed in
five to six Alfa Club Races/Time Trials per year dating back to 1978 and is a driving instructor. In 1983-84, competed in SCCA GT-5 class driving an Alfa Romeo GTA. Holds lap records
at Willow Springs and Riverside. From 1990-1992, ran a tube frame Alfa Romeo in SCCA GT-3 class and
Nasport. Was second in the division and third at the Runoffs. Holds several lap records. Competed in the
Trans-Am series from 1993-1997. Won several Rising Star of the Race awards and his best finish was
fifth. Driving a 1972 McLaren M8F, he has won every Can-Am vintage car race he has finished from 2002
to the present. In rookie SPEED Touring Car season of 2004, ran full slate of ten events in a BMW 325i.
Scored one top-five finish (Infineon), six top-10s and was named 2004 SPEED Touring Car Rookie of the
Year. Joined Tri-Point Motorsports in 2005 and ran in 10 Touring Car events driving a MAZDA6. Qualified
in the top five in half of his starts, including a career-best second on the grid at Portland. Also had a
pair of top-three finishes highlighted by a career-best third at Infineon. In addition to Touring Car, took
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to SPEED GT, driving Lou Gigliotti’s Corvette at Portland where he earned his first World Challenge win in
his first-ever GT start. Continued with Tri-Point Motorsports in 2006, earning three top-ten finishes. Best
result was an eighth at Infineon. Started the 2007 season with STaSIS, finishing seventh at Sebring in
an Audi A4. Entered final race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca with Tri-Point Motorsports in a MAZDA6,
finishing fifth. Contested all 10 rounds of 2008 GT Championship in GMG Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3
and seven Touring Car Rounds in a RealTime Acura TSX. Finished 13th in the SPEED Touring Car Drivers’
Championship with a best finish of seventh at Miller Motorsports Park and Mid-Ohio. Finished six of seven
SPEED Touring Car races in the top 10. In 2009, finished a career-best ninth in the GT Championship
despite missing two races after a crash in practice at Long Beach. Earned his second career win at Watkins
Glen. Qualified on the pole at Sebring, and finished on the podium (third place) at Road America.
Personal: Born July 3, 1960. Is the CEO for Centric Parts. Has three children (Sasha, Giuliana and Dino
Jr.) and drives an Audi RS4 on the street. Lists Grand Prix as his favorite movie and prefers Italian and
Japanese food. Tazio Nuvalari is his racing hero and Portland is his favorite track.
YearClass
2004
TC
2005
GT
2005
TC
2006
TC
2007
TC
2008
GT
2008
TC
2009
GT
2010
GT
Totals
StartsWins
10
0
2
1
10
0
8
0
2
0
10
0
7
0
8
1
9
1
66
3
Top-5
1
1
2
0
1
0
0
3
4
12
Top-10
6
1
3
3
2
5
6
5
7
38
Pts. Fin. (T10)
10
9
9
9
Ben Crosland
behn Crahs-land
Salt Lake City, UT
Age: 18
2010: Entered Rounds 8 and 9 at Mid-Ohio in a Ford Mustang and finished 5th
and 4th respectively in GTS. Entered the season finale at Miller Motorsports Park
in a Ford Mustang and finished 2nd in GTS.
Personal: Single, born February 10, 1993. Drives a BMW 135i on the street and lists his favorite food
as steak. Top Gear is his favorite TV Show, Aryton Senna is his favorite driver, and the Nurburgring is his
favorite track. Lists marketing intern as his first job.
PETER CUNNINGHAM
PEE-tur KUN-ing-ham
Grafton, Wis.
Age: 48
Career Highlights: Nine-time SCCA Pro Racing Drivers’ Champion: 1988 SCCA
Endurance Class B Champion. 1989 SCCA Endurance Class B Champion. 1990
Race Truck Champion. 1995 World Challenge Super Production Champion. 1997
World Challenge T1 Champion. 2002, 2005 and 2008 Touring Car Champion.
2010 World Challenge GTS Champion. In 2001, recognized as all-time winning
North American professional road racer. Leader of nearly every statistical category in World Challenge racing. Also has ice racing and Rally Championships.
In 2000, was the first North American to win the prestigious Worldwide BMW
Sports Trophy.
2010: Won the 2010 GTS Drivers’ Championship with eight wins.
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Previously: First race was in a Ford Mustang in a Miller Park Racing Association
(MPRA) race in June 2008. Started in MPRA in 2008, and ran Mustang
Challenge Series from 2009-2010. Won 2010 Mustang Challenge Series races
at New Jersey and Miller Motorsports Park.
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Previously: Started autocrossing at the age of 17, winning the first event entered. Professional career
started in 1985 in the Playboy Endurance Cup. Was the SCCA Escort Endurance Class B Champion,
driving a Honda CRX Si in 1988. Won the same title in 1989 and led the B class with 11 career victories. In 1990, won the Racetruck Championship in a Mazda and finished second (Honda CRX Si) in
the first year of the SCCA World Challenge Super Production class. In 1993, led Honda to the Class C
Manufacturers’ Championship, scored three victories and finished second in the Drivers’ Championship in
a Honda Prelude Si. In 1994, drove to second place in the WC Super Production class, missing the Drivers’
Championship again by three points. In 1995, won his first World Challenge Drivers’ Championship (Class
C) in a Honda Prelude Si. Recorded one victory (Trois-Riveres) and eight top-five finishes in as many races.
In 1996, finished fifth overall with two wins in a T1 Acura NSX. In 1997, captured his second World
Challenge Drivers’ Championship with four victories in a T1 NSX. Also in 1997, finished second in CART
Super Touring Championship in a Honda Accord for Honda of America Racing Team. Finished third overall
in the T1 Drivers’ Championship (Acura NSX) in 1998 on the strength of two wins. Also in 1998, signed
on to to Team PTG’s BMW endurance racing program, competing with various co-drivers in USRRC and
IMSA GT catagories. Over the next three seasons, scored three wins, 17 top-three and 27 top-10 finishes.
Did not compete in World Challenge in 1999. In 2000, ran the entire SpeedvisionGT season in a BMW
M3, recording a World Challenge record-tying 19th-career win at Ste. Croix. Recorded five top-10 finishes,
four top-fives, and a season-high three pole positions. Made one Speedvision Touring Car start, finishing
third. In 2001, finished runner-up in the Speedvision GT Championship in an Acura NSX SC, topping the
statistical charts with a season-high five wins, seven poles, seven top-fives and nine top-10s. Broke the
World Challenge record for wins at Sebring with 20. In his only Touring Car appearance of the season, drove
a RealTime Racing Acura Integra R to a 10th-place finish after starting 40th at Road Atlanta. In 2002,
captured third SPEEDWorld Challenge Touring Car title with one win, six top fives, ten top-10s and two
poles in an Acura Integra Type R. Scored runner-up finish in GT Championship, with one win, eight top
fives and ten top-10 finishes an Acura NSX SC. Became second driver in history to win both class races
in the same weekend (Road Atlanta). In 2003, headed the Nissan factory team effort driving a Nissan
SE-R Spec V. In the program’s first season, Cunningham recorded a flag-to-flag win at Road America, two
podium, five top-five and six top-10 finishes en route to finishing fourth in the Drivers’ Championship. In
2004, completed second and final year of Nissan Sentra SE-R program, earning one win, six top-five and
six top-10 finishes in 10 SPEED Touring Car events, finishing fifth in the point standings. The victory
at Road America made it five consecutive seasons with at least one win. Won the season-long Air Force
Reserve Pole Award for a class-best three poles won. Also drove in two SPEED GT races in an Audi RS6,
earning a top-five and a top-10 finish. Earned fourth World Challenge Drivers’ Championship in 2005, his
first since winning the 2002 Touring Car title. In eleven starts, earned one win (Sebring) to go along with
seven top-five and 11 top-10 finishes, all of which helped Acura claim the Touring Car Manufacturers’
Championship. Had four consecutive third-place finishes following season-opening win. Needs just one
more win to earn 30 for his career and only seven starts to break the 150 start plateau. Finished fourth in
the 2006 SPEED Touring Car Driver’s Championship. In ten starts, scored three podium and nine top-10
finishes, helping Acura to its record-sixth Manufacturers’ title. Broke a 25-race winless streak in 2007 at
the series’ first visit to the Grand Prix of Toronto. Earned a second win in the final race at Mazda Raceway
Laguna Seca. Had a total of four top-five finishes and eighth top-10s. Ended the season fifth in the
Drivers’ Championship. Earned record-tying fifth World Challenge Championship in 2008, finishing all 10
rounds of SPEED Touring Car Championship in the top 10, including five top-three finishes and two pole
positions. Driving a RealTime Acura TSX, helped lead American Honda to its record 11th Manufactuers’
Title. Also competed in the KONI Challenge. In 2009, finished third in the Touring Car Championship,
finishing in the top-10 at all 10 races. Won at Mosport, and finished as the runner-up four times (New
Jersey Motorsports Park, Autobahn, Mid-Ohio and Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca).
Personal: Nickname is “P.D.” Born July 1, 1962 and is married to Rainey with one daughter, Audrey.
Owns RealTime R&L, Inc., a racing team and logistics company in Wisconsin. Serves as co-chairman of
WC Vision with Bob Woodhouse.
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YearClass
1990
SP
1991
WC
1991
SP
1992
A
1992
D
1993
C
1994
SP
1995
SP
1996
T1
StartsWins
8
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
2
0
8
3
8
2
8
1
10
2
Top-5
7
2
1
1
2
7
6
8
4
Top-10
8
2
1
1
2
8
7
8
7
Pts. Fin. (T10)
2
2
2
1
5
1997
T1
1998
T1
2000
TC
2000
GT
2001
TC
2001
GT
2002
TC
2002
GT
2003
TC
2004
TC
2004
GT
2005
TC
2006
TC
2007
TC
2008
TC
2009
TC
2010
GTS
Totals
9
9
1
10
1
10
11
10
10
10
2
11
10
10
10
10
12
195
4
2
0
1
0
5
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
2
0
1
10
42
8
4
1
4
0
7
6
8
5
6
1
7
5
4
9
7
11
131
8
5
1
5
1
9
10
10
6
6
1
11
9
8
10
10
12
166
1
3
7
2
1
2
4
5
1
4
5
1
3
1
1
JASON DASKALOS
JAY-sun DAH-skuh-los
Albuquerque, N.M.
Age: 39
Career Highlights: 2006 Viper Racing League Champion and Rookie of the Year.
2010: Finished 5th in GT Drivers’ Championship with four top 5 finishes.
Previously: Competed in Michelin Challenge Series and Viper Racing League,
capturing the Viper Racing league title in his Rookie season with 14 wins in 23
starts. Entered nine races in 2007 with a Dodge Viper for his rookie season. Best
finish was ninth at Road Atlanta, earning him Piloti Rookie of the Race honors. In
2008, earned six top-10 finishes in his sophomore season driving a Dodge Viper, including a career-best
fourth at New Jersey Motorsports Park, where he earned the Sunoco Hard Charger Award for advancing nine
positions in the race. Also led his first official race lap in rainy Sebring season opener. Ended the season
sixth in the SPEED GT Drivers’ Championship. In 2009, despite running only five races, captured three
top-fives, including his first World Challenge GT win.
YearClass
2007
GT
2008
GT
2009
GT
2010
GT
Totals
StartsWins
9
0
10
0
5
1
12
0
36
1
Top-5
0
1
3
4
8
Top-10
1
6
4
9
20
Pts. Fin. (T10)
6
5
5
BRANDON DAVIS
BRAN-dun DAY-vis
Huntington Beach, Calif.
Age: 25
Career Highlights: 2005 SPEED Touring Car Rookie of the Year. 2009 SPEED
GT Champion.
2010: Entered one GT and two GTS races in 2010. Had two 2nd place finishes
in GTS and one 3rd in GT.
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Personal: Born January 2, 1972. Married to Cindy with two children, Eliana and Petros. Is a commercial
developer and general contractor. His first job was in a body shop and he currently drivers a Hummer H-1
on the street. Lists filet mignon as his favorite food and Entourage as his favorite TV show. Road Atlanta
is his favorite track and Juan Pablo Montoya is his racing hero.
Previously: Started racing go karts at age seven. Began SCCA Regional and National competition at
16. Participated in first professional race at Portland in June of 2004 and drove in first SPEED World
Challenge race in July at Infineon. In 2005, his rookie SPEED Touring Car season, earned an impressive
eight top-10 finishes in 11 events driving an Acura TSX for RealTime Racing. Earned first career-pole at
Mosport and finished fourth in the Drivers’ Championship, earning him Rookie of the Year honors. Earned
another nine top-10 finishes in the RealTime Acura TSX in 2006. Collected first win at the Grand Prix
of Denver, where he beat teammate Eric Curran to the line by 0.005-second, the closest finish in series
history. Ventured into SPEED GT for the first time driving his father Mike Davis’ Saleen SR to a 16th place
finish at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Earned four top-10 finishes in 2007 with RealTime Racing. Best
result was third at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Also drove Saleen SR for father Mike Davis’ team at
Laguna Seca, finishing 12th in only his second SPEED GT race. Switched full time to SPEED GT with ACS
Ford Mustang Cobra in 2008. Ended the season third in the Drivers’ Championship with six podium finishes, including wins at Long Beach and Road Atlanta. In 2009, captured the World Challenge GT Driver’s
Championship with 10 top-ten finishes and seven podiums, including a win at Mid-Ohio. Only finished
outside the top-four one race. Also, sat on pole at Mosport, Watkins Glen and Mid-Ohio. Completed 100
percent of the possible laps during the season.
Personal: Born Oct. 21, 1985. Works in business marketing and drives a BMW M3 and Ford Mustang GT
500 on the street. First job was a go-kart instructor. Lists Burn Notice as his favorite TV show and sushi
as his favorite food. Boris Said is his racing hero and Road Atlanta is his favorite track. Father, Mike, also
races in World Challenge.
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YearClass
2004
TC
2005
TC
2006
GT
2006
TC
2007
TC
2007
GT
2008
GT
2009
GT
2010 GTS
2010 GT
Totals
StartsWins
3
0
11
0
1
0
10
1
10
0
1
0
10
2
10
1
2
0
1
0
59
4
Top-5
0
2
0
3
1
0
7
9
2
3
27
Top-10
0
8
0
9
4
0
7
10
2
1
41
Pts. Fin. (T10)
4
6
10
3
1
1
MIKE DAVIS
MIKE DAY-vis
Huntington Beach, Calif.
Age: 59
Previously: First race came in 1993 at Willow Springs in California, where he
drove a 1966 427 A/C Cobra to the win. Was in Trans-Am for seven years,
teaming up with Boris Said for ACS Express Racing. In 2002, Mike was the
team owner when Said won the Trans-Am Series Championship. In 2005, had
five SPEED GT starts in a Saleen SR, finished in the top 10 twice, winding up
eighth at both Denver and Laguna Seca. Son Brandon was the 2005 SPEED
Touring Car Rookie of the Year. Entered five SPEED GT events in 2006 with Ford
Mustang Cobra, finishing in the top-10 at the Grand Prix of Long Beach. Entered
two SPEED GT events in 2007 with Ford Mustang Cobra. Best finish was 14th at the Grand Prix of Long
Beach. In 2008, ran first fill season of SPEED GT in Ford Mustang Cobra, teaming with son Brandon.
Earned four top-10 finishes, including starting the season with back-to-back seventh place results. In
2009, ran a limited schedule, but finished a career-best fourth at his home race at Long Beach. Started
first after inversion and led first laps of his career.
Personal: Born Oct. 8, 1951. Is the co-owner and founder of Applied Computer Solutions, but his first
job was selling newspapers at Bay Meadows race track. Drives a Mercedes CL65 on the street. Married to
Sandy and has sons Brandon (23) and Sean (21). Lists Mark Donahue, A.J. Foyt and Parnelli Jones as
racing heroes. Road America is his favorite track. Favorite food is sushi and favorite TV show is House.
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YearClass
2003
GT
2004
GT
2005
GT
2006
GT
2007
GT
2008
GT
2009
GT
TotalsWC
StartsWins
1
0
2
0
5
0
5
0
2
0
10
0
3
0
28
0
Top-5
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Top-10
0
0
2
1
0
4
1
8
Pts. Fin. (T10)
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Chris DeSalvo
krihs DE-SAL-vo
Bronx, N.Y.
Age: 43
Previously: 1985-1997 NHRA/IHRA. 1995-2003 SCCA Solo and Club Racing.
2001 to 2010 NASA Time Trial and American Iron Series. Won the 2010
American Iron Championship and was the runner-up in 2009 and 2008.
American Iron Southeast Champion in 2007 and has over 40 podium finishes in
the past four years in American Iron.
Personal: Born July 31, 1967 and has two children (Colby 7 and Rae Brooke
4). Drives a Chevy Trailblazer SS on the street and lists steak and lobster as his
favorite foods. Family Guy and Two and a Half Men are his favorite TV shows, and
Carroll Shelby is his racing hero. VIR is his favorite track and lists golf caddy as his first job.
TOMY DRISSI
TOM-ee DREE-zee
Hollywood, Calif.
Age: 52
Career Highlights: 1999 Trans-Am Rookie of the Year. 2009 Trans-Am Series
Champion
2010: Entered three GT races last season.
Personal: Born December 9, 1958. Owns advertising firm that produces upcoming film displays for movie
theaters. Drives a Chevrolet Suburban on the street. Pizza and cheeseburgers are his favorite food. Lists
Le Mans as his favorite movie. Mario Andretti is his racing hero. Long Beach and Monaco are his favorite
tracks.
YearClass
2000
GT 2006
GT
2007
GT
2008
GT
2009
GT
2010 GT
Totals
StartsWins
1
0
2
0
4
0
2
0
1
0
3
0
13
0
Top-5
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Top-10
0
1
1
1
0
0
3
Pts. Fin. (T10)
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Previously: Made 77 Trans-Am starts from 1999 – 2005, earning 38 top-10s,
15 top-fives, one pole and a win at the 2000 Grand Prix of Long Beach. Was the
1999 Trans-Am Rookie of the Year and named the BBS Most Improved Driver
in 2000. Finished 27th in 2000 SPEED GT race at Sears Point driving a Toyota Supra. Drove Chevrolet
Corvette in 2006 SPEED GT rounds at Long Beach where he finished ninth and Laguna Seca, finishing 25th. Qualified a BimmerWorld BMW 325i at Laguna Seca, but did not start the race. Entered four
SPEED GT events in 2007 driving a Chevrolet Corvette, finishing a series-high third at the season opener
in Sebring. In 2008, entered races at Sebring and Long Beach in a Chevrolet Corvette, but was injured
in a practice crash at Long Beach, forcing him to cancel the remainder of his season. In 2009, ran full
season of Trans-Am, scoring one win and winning the series Championship. Finished 14th in his lone race
at Mazda raceway Laguna Seca.
Tom Ehlen
tawm ai-lin
Vancouver, BC
Age: 53
Previously: Club racing in 2010.
Personal: Married to Nancy. Born October 4, 1957. Three children David (24),
Sarah (22), Michael (18). Lists Michael Schumacher, Gilles Villeneuve as his
favorite drivers. Drives a Porsche 911 Turbo on the street, and lists Nürburgring
as his favorite track and steak and potatoes as his favorite foods.
NICK ESAYIAN
NIK eh-SAY-un
Encinitas, Calif.
Age: 43
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2010: Finished second in the GTS Drivers’ Championship last season with one
win and 12 top 5 finishes.
Previously: Won the SCCA Central Division Regional Championship in 1993 and
Milwaukee Region Rookie of the Year in the same year. He finished in the top
10 in points in the SCCA Central Division from 1994-95, and then improved to
top-five finishes in points from 1996-2002 in the SCCA So Pac Division. Also,
finished in the top 10 in final points in three seasons of Neon Challenge as well
as scoring a top-three finish in final points for the 1999 NASA Touring Car Championship. In 2002, ran
two SPEED Touring Car races in an Acura Integra Type R, with a best finish of 25th at Road America. In
2003, competed in SCCA National Series finishing third in points in SoPac Division in the SSB class.
Driving for RealTime Racing in 2004, finished fourth in Rookie of the Year points standings and 18th
overall in Touring Car after running all 10 events for the first time in career. Best finish (15th) came at
Portland after starting 21st. In 2005, his second full season with RealTime Racing, posted career-best
eighth-place finish at Mosport after qualifying 14th. Including that race, earned the first four top-10
finishes of his career (St. Petersburg, Portland, Mosport and Laguna Seca). Finished 12th in the Drivers’
Championship. Finished ninth in the 2006 SPEED Touring Car Drivers’ Championship racing a RealTime
Acura RSX. Earned six top-10 finishes with and finished a career-best seventh at Sebring. In 2008, first
season with BimmerWorld netted Esayian a best start of fourth and a best finish of sixth as he adapted to
the rear-wheel drive BMW E90 platform. In 2009, finished ninth in the Touring Car Championship, finishing on the podium at Road Atlanta and leading the most laps, his first World Challenge podium.
Personal: Born Nov. 7, 1967. Is CEO of Debt Cures, LLC., enjoys golf, tennis, off road motorcycling, politics and the beach. He is married to Carrie and they have two sons Jake and Troy. Drives a Mercedes Benz
S550 on the street. Earned a BBA (Marketing) from the University of Wisconsin Whitewater and holds and
MBA from the University of Redlands.
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YearClass
2002
TC
2004
TC
2005
TC
2006
TC
2007
TC
2008
TC
2008
GT
2009
TC
2009
GT
2010 GTS
Totals
StartsWins
2
0
10
0
11
0
10
0
10
0
10
0
1
0
10
0
1
0
12
1
77
1
Top-5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
12
16
Top-10
0
0
4
6
3
3
0
8
0
12
36
Pts. Fin. (T10)
9
9
2
2
CHARLES ESPENLAUB
CHAR-uls ES-pen-lob
Lutz, Fla.
Age: 42
2010: Entered one race in GTS finishing 4th at Long Beach.
Previously: 1996-2001, ran Speedvision Cup, Porsche Club, HSR, Motorola
Cup and NASA events. Has also competed in SCCA Club Racing, Grand-Am and
Grand-Am Cup. Ran seven Speedvision Touring Car races in 2001, with a best
finish of ninth at Road Atlanta. In 2002, ran a full season in SPEED Touring Car
in a Mazda Protege. He had two top ten finishes and one top five finish coming at
VIRginia International Raceway. In 2003, ran a full season in SPEED Touring Car
driving a Mazda Protege E9 ES and recorded a season-best 10th place finish at Sebring after qualifying
ninth. Competed in one SPEED GT race (Sebring) finishing 13th. In 2004, turned in three top-10 finishes,
including a second-place run at Mosport after starting 28th. In 2005, after beginning season in familiar
Mazda Protege, switched to MAZDA6 for Tindol Motorsports. In the MAZDA6, earned the first win of his
career at Mosport after starting second. Also, earned the first pole position of his career at Cleveland before
finishing second. In all, had seven top-10, four top-five and three podium finishes en route to finishing
seventh in the Drivers’ Championship. In 2006, his second season with Tindol Motorsports, racked up six
top-10 finishes and four top-five finished en route to finishing eighth in the Drivers’ Championship. Best
result was second at Road America where he started on pole. In his third year with Tindol Motorsports,
earned six top-10 finishes and two top-five finishes in 2007. Best finish was third in the second half of
the Watkins Glen doubleheader. In 2008, switched to Tri-Point team, still piloting a MAZDA6. Earned
seven top-10 finishes, including back-to-back fourth-place results at Sebring and VIR, where he qualified
second. Ended the season eighth in the Drivers’ Championship. In 2009, finished a career-best fifth in the
Touring Car Championship. Finished as runner-up three times at Mosport, Watkins Glen and Road America.
Was the fastest qualifier at Mid-Ohio.
Personal: Born Sept. 22, 1968. Is single and works as a driving instructor at the Panoz Racing School.
Drives a VW Eurovan and a Nissan pickup on the street. Favorite movie is Fight Club and racing heroes
are Andy Pilgrim and Michael Galati.
YearClass
1999
TC
2001
TC
2002
TC
2003
TC
2003
GT
2004
GT
2004
TC
2005
TC
2006
TC
2007
TC
2008
TC
2009
TC
2010 GTS
Totals
StartsWins
1
0
7
0
11
0
10
0
1
0
1
0
8
0
11
1
10
0
10
0
10
0
10
0
1
0
91
1
Top-5
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
4
4
2
4
4
1
21
Top-10
0
1
2
1
0
0
3
7
6
6
7
8
1
42
Pts. Fin. (T10)
7
8
9
8
5
5
RON FELLOWS
Rahn FELL-loz
Mississauga, Ontario
Age: 51
2010: Entered three races last season and won at Mosport and Watkins Glen.
Career Highlights: Has five World Challenge wins in just 17 starts, all with Team
Cadillac prior to this season. Has won the 24 Hours of Daytona overall, and has
three class wins in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Has also won twice at Sebring.
Previously: Won his first championship in 1987, driving in the Player’s/GM
Challenge series. Won 19 SCCA Trans-Am races in 95 starts. A long time driver for
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Corvette Racing in the American Le Mans Series and around the world, earned his first win for the team in
2000. In 2001, earned an overall win in the Rolex 24 at Daytona and a GTS class win at the 24 Hours of
Le Mans. Earned another GTS win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2002, and seven wins in the Corvette in
the U.S. Was the ALMS GTS co-champion in 2003. Repeated as GTS champion in 2004. Earned a World
Challenge win Team Cadillac at Mosport. Earned another World Challenge win at Mosport in 2005 for Team
Cadillac, his only World Challenge start that season. Won the 2006 World Challenge race at Long Beach
with a last-lap pass, again for Team Cadillac. Earned a pole and two runner-up finishes in World Challenge
in 2007. Ran NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series races, finishing fourth in Montreal and Watkins
Glen. In 2008, won at Sebring and Road Atlanta for Corvette racing. Won the NASCAR Nationwide Series
Race in Montreal for JR Motorsports.
Personal: Born September 28, 1959. Is married to Lynda, with three children – Lindsay, Sam and Patrick.
In 2007, Corvette released the limited edition Ron Fellows ALMS GT1 Champion Corvette Z06, the first
signed special edition in Corvette’s history.
YearClass
2004
GT
2005
GT 2006
GT
2007
GT
2010 GT
TotalWC
StartsWins
3
1
1
1
5
1
5
0
3
2
17
5
Top-5
1
1
4
2
2
10
Top-10
3
1
4
3
2
13
Pts. Fin. (T10)
-
Tom Felt
tawm FElt
Provo, Utah
Age: 47
The Drivers
Previously: Placed 2nd in his first Miller Park Racing Association (MPRA) race at
Miller Motorsports Park, March 2009 in a Honda S2000. In 2009 participated
in Regional SCCA Races in the new regional ITE class. Sept. 2009 entered the
NASA National Championship Honda Challenge race at Miller Motorsports Park.
In 2010 continued in MPRA, Regional SCCA and NASA Championships. Took 1st
place in the 2009 MPRA championship in SP class in first year of racing. Took
3rd place in 2009 Honda Challenge H1 at the NASA National Championships.
Took 1st place at the 2010 SCCA Double National in ITE-U. Holds the Lap record
for SCCA ITE-U at Miller Motorsports Park
Personal: Married (spouse Stephanie), born September 1, 1963 with five children (Malcolm, 24; Wyatt,
21; Bria 16; Anna 15; Jensen 10). Drives a Toyota Tundra on the street and lists Seinfeld as his favorite
TV show. Martin Snow is his favorite driver and fresh blueberry smoothies are his favorite food. Lists his
first job as a pit monkey @ Jiffy Lube and his favorite track is Miller Motorsports Park. He was honored to
be in “THE PIT” as search and rescue at Ground Zero.
Alex Figge
AEluhks fIHg
Denver, CO
Age: 30
Previously: Figge has raced for 13 years in Pro Mazda (wins, poles, podiums),
USF2000 (poles, podiums), Formula Atlantic Championship (wins, poles, podiums), Champ Car (top tens), Grand Am DP and GT (wins, podiums), American Le
Mans GT1 (multiple podiums), American Le Mans GT2 (Ferrari w/Tafel Racing),
American Le Mans LMP (multiple podiums and fastest laps)
Personal: Married to Amy. Born January 29, 1981. Expecting first child in May
2011 (son). Is a hunting guide in the offseason, loves cooking and has four
dogs.
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ERIC FOSS
AIR-ik FAWS
Fort Worth, Texas
Age: 37
Career Highlights: 2008 MX-5 Cup Champion. 2008 SCCA Spec Miata National
Champion. 2009 World Challenge Touring Car Rookie of the Year.
Previously: Has 17 years of SCCA Solo and Club Racing experience, even running
select Speedvision Cup races in 1997. Has competed in the Spec Miata class
for two years. Has been a driving instructor for more than 10 years with Panoz,
the Porsche Driving School and MER Spec Miata Advanced Clinic. In 2006
was named Atlanta Region National Driver of the Year. Entered first MX-5 Cup
race in 2007 finishing third after starting from pole. In 2008, won the 2008 SCCA Pro Racing Playboy
Mazda MX-5 Cup, earning him a spot in a Mazda for the 2009 SPEED Touring Car season as part of the
MAZDASPEED driver development program. Won 2008 SCCA Spec Miata National Championship. In
2009, finished Touring Car Championship in seventh place on his way to 2009 Rookie of the Year title.
Finished in the top-10 eight times, including a high of fourth at Sebring. Was the fastest qualifier at
Mosport.
Personal: Born December 28, 1973 and is married to Tila. Drives a Mazda RX-8 on the street and enjoys
Mexican food. South Park is his favorite TV show. Klaus Ludwig is his racing hero and Road Atlanta is his
favorite track.
YearClass
StartsWins
Top-5
Top-10
Pts. Fin. (T10)
2009
TC
10
0
3
8
7
TotalsWC
10
0
3
8
7
TONY GAPLES
TONY GA-puls
Lake Forest, Ill.
Age: 44
Personal: Born May 11, 1966. Drives a 1999 Porsche Convertible on the street. Likes Filet Mignon, the
movie Kill Bill and all types of guitar music (blues, jazz, rock). His favorite track is Sebring and considers
Michael Schumacher his racing hero.
YearClass
StartsWins
Top-5
Top-10
Pts. Fin. (T10)
2002
GT
2
0
0
0
2003
GT
10
0
0
1
2004
GT
10
0
0
1
2005
GT
11
0
1
6
8
2006
GT
7
0
0
2
2007
GT
9
0
0
3
2008
GT
10
0
0
4
9
2009
GT
9
0
1
7
7
0
9
8
2010
GT
12
0
Totals
80
0
2
33
7
101
The Drivers
Previously: Ran Ferarri Challenge in 2001, finishing second at VIR and third at
Indianapolis events and finishing third in final points tandings. Won the 2002
SCCA Central Division Championship in T1. Ran two SPEED GT races in a Corvette
Z06, with a season-best finish of 16th at Road America in 2002. In 2003, ran his
first full season of SPEED GT and recorded one top-10 finish in season fianale
in Puerto Rico. Finished third in Rookie of the Year points. In 2004, ran three
SPEED GT events, with best finish (11th) coming at Mid-Ohio. Had a career year
in 2005, finishing a personal-best second at Infineoon behind Lou Gigliotti. Made
11 starts, had six top-10 finishes to finish eighth in the SPEED GT Drivers’ Championship - the first time
to finish in the top 10. Entered seven SPEED GT races in 2006 driving a Chevrolet Corvette, earning two
top-ten finishes. Best result was ninth at St. Petersburg. Collected three top-10 finishes 2007 driving a
Blackdog Racing Corvette. Best finish was seventh at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. In 2008, earned four top-10
results driving a Blackdog Racing Chevrolet Corvette en route to finishing ninth in the SPEED GT Drivers’
Championship. In 2009, finished a career best seventh in the GT Championship. Had seven top-10 finishes, with a best of fourth at Sebring. Earned Sunoco Hard Charger of the Year award.
DaN GARDNER
Don GARD-nur
Hermosa Beach, Calif.
Age: 36
2010: Entered seven races last season in Touring Car finishing fifth in Drivers’
Championship with five top 5 finishes.
Previously: Has raced a variety of pro and amateur race series since 2005. Drove
in Grand-Am KONI Challenge in 2008. Ran the team that won the Touring 2 class
at last year’s World Challenge finale at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.
Personal: Born April 25, 1974. Names Miller Motorsports Park and Infineon
Raceway as his favorite tracks. Fringe and Modern Family are among his favorite television programs.
YearClass
2010
TC
StartsWins
7
0
Top-5
5
Top-10
7
Pts. Fin. (T10)
5
Richard Golinello
RIH-churd GO-leh-nehlo
New York, N.Y.
Age: 49
2010: Entered Rounds 8 and 9 at Mid-Ohio and Round 12 at Miller in GTS in
a Ford Mustang and finished 6th, 7th, and 8th respectively. Competed in the
Mustang Challenge series.
Personal: Born October 7, 1961. Single with two children (Richard 15 and
Christian 4). Drives a Mercedes S550 on the street. Lists steak as his favorite
food, VERSUS as his favorite TV channel and Lime Rock as his favorite track.
The Drivers
MIKE HARTLEY
MEYEK HART-lee
West Deptford, NJ
Age: 53
Previously: Ran a dozen World Challenge races off and on from 2003 through
2009. Also has raced in the Viper Racing league. In 2009, ran two GT races, with
a best finish of ninth at New Jersey, his career-best finish in a Dodge Viper.
Personal: Born Aug. 13, 1957 and is single. Drives a Chevy Equinox on the street.
Favorite food is Italian. Favorite track is Watkins Glen and racing hero is Ayrton
Senna. Enjoys watching the Discovery Channel.
YearClass
2003
GT
2004
GT
2005
GT
2006
GT
2007
GT
2009
GT
Totals WC
102
StartsWins
3
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
12
0
Top-5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Top-10
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Pts. Fin. (T10)
-
Tristan Herbert
triss-TAN Her-bert
Virginia
Age: 35
Previously: First race was in 1998 in a SCCA Mid-Atlantic Road Racing Series
race at Nelson Ledges, Ohio. Finished first in a 1984 VW Rabbit GTi. Lists previous experience: 2008-2010 Mid Atlantic Road Racing Series; 2008-2009 Pro
IT Series; 2009 American Road Race of Champions (ARRC). Eighteen wins since
2008; 2009 Mid-Atlantic Road Racing ITM Champion; 2009 American Road
Race of Champions ITB 2nd place; 2009 ITB track record at Summit Point; 2009
ITB track record at New Jersey Motorsports Park (Thunderbolt Course).
Personal: Married, born in December 26, 1975. Drives a 1995 BMW 325i on the street and Chinese is his
favorite food. His favorite TV show is Tosh.0, favorite driver Jamie Whincup and favorite track is Summit
Point, West Virginia. Lists graphic designer as his first job.
CHIP HERR
CHIP HER
Lititz, Pa.
Age: 28
Career Highlights: 2002 Mazdaspeed Miata Cup Atlantic Tour Champion.
2010: Entered two races last season winning at Mosport.
Personal: Born May 17, 1982. Enjoys spaghetti, pizza and ice cream. Likes the TV show Two and a Half
Men. Listens to rap and country music. His favorite movie is Days of Thunder and his racing heroes are
Lewis Hamilton and Charles Espenlaub. His favorite track is VIR.
YearClass
2004
GT
2004
TC
2005
GT
2005
TC
StartsWins
2
0
10
0
2
0
10
0
Top-5
0
0
0
2
Top-10
0
3
1
2
Pts. Fin. (T10)
103
The Drivers
Previously: Began racing at 16 and placed seventh in his first-career Mid-Atlantic
Road Racing Series race at Summit Point in a Mazda RX-7. Has competed in
the Grand Am Cup series. In 2003, scored five wins (BeaveRun Motorsports
Complex, Lime Rock Park, VIRginia International Raceway, Road America and
Gratt0n Raceway) and had nine podium finishes in 11 races en route to winning
the inaugural Mazdaspeed Miata Cup Atlantic Tour Championship. Driving in the Spec Miata classes, Herr
also won the SCCA American Road Race of Championships (ARRC) Championship and the SCCA MidAtlantic Road Racing Series Championship (MARRS). In 2004, finished second in SPEED Touring Car
Rookie of the Year standings (25 points behind RoY Dino Crescentini) after posting three top-10 finishes
in 10 starts. Best finish was sixth at Lime Rock after starting fifth. Also ran two SPEED GT events with
Tiger Racing, with a 12th-place finish at Mosport a season-high. After joining the Techsport team in the
middle of the 2005, piloted Air Force Reserve Ford Focus to its highest qualifying mark ever when he took
the pole for the Denver race, where he finished fourth. Had an additional top-five showing at Road Atlanta
(fifth), and finished 15th in the Drivers’ Championship. Also drove in two GT races, with his best outing
coming at Mosport where he finished seventh. In 2006, drove full SPEED Touring Car season in a STaSIS
Audi A4. Earned first-career win at Mid-Ohio and followed it up with wins at Road America and Mosport.
An additional podium at Road Atlanta and a total of seven top-ten finishes propelled him to a third place
finish in the Drivers’ Championship, his highest-ever points finish. Won the opening round of the SCCA Pro
Racing Mazda MX-5 Cup at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in his only appearance. Continued with STaSIS
at the wheel of an Audi A4 in 2007. Earned six top-10 finishes, including a win a Lime Rock Park and
runner-up finishes at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and Mosport. Finished sixth in the SPEED Touring Car
Championship. Entered Watkins Glen SPEED GT race with Tiger Racing in a Chevrolet Corvette, but did not
finish. Driving a Tindol Motorsports MAZDA6 in 2008, collected seven top-five finishes in SPEED Touring
Car to finish fourth in the standings. Earned four pole positions and won races at Lime Rock Park and Road
Atlanta. In 2009, ran two races in a Mazda6, finishing fifth at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.
2006
TC
2007
GT
2007
TC
2008
TC
2009
TC
2010
TC
Totals
10
1
10
10
2
2
59
3
0
1
2
0
1
7
6
0
4
7
1
2
22
7
0
6
9
1
2
31
3
6
4
3
SHEA HOLBROOK
Shay HOLE-brook
Groveland, Fla.
Age: 20
2010: Entered nine Touring Car races last season finishing sixth in Touring Car
Drivers’ Championship.
Previously: Started racing at 16 after participating in the Richard Petty
Experience. Has raced in SCCA Club Racing and was the first female alternate
for the 2008 SCCA Pro Racing VW TDI Cup.
Personal: Born April 10, 1990. Earned the Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
scholarship from the Women in the Winner’s Circle Foundation, started by Lyn
St. James. Is an accomplished nationally competitive water skier. Majoring in Public Relations at Valencia
College.
BRENT HOLDEN
Brent HOLE-duhn
Newport Beach, Calif.
Age: 54
2010: Entered one GT race at Long Beach.
The Drivers
Previously: Is in his fourth year of racing. Has participated in the Patron GT3
Challenge and Porsche Club of America events.
Personal: Born October 12, 1956. Is married to Cheryl, and has two children
– Trevor and Hunter. Names Miller Motorsports Park as his favorite track, and
Felipe Massa as his racing hero. Lists steak and fries as his favorite foods, and
enjoys watching CSI-Miami on television.
Robb Holland
rAHb hAH-luhnd
Denver, CO
Age: 43
2010: Entered eight races in 2010. Finished 3rd in Touring Car in Round 5 at
Mosport, and 2nd in Round 11 at VIR. Finished 4th overall in the Touring Car
Drivers’ Championship.
Previously: Finished 2nd at NASA National Championships in 2007. Finished
2nd in World Challenge Touring Car Rookie of the Year standings in 2006. Track
Record Holder at Heartland Park and Mosport.
Personal: Born November 18, 1967. Drives a Range Rover on the street and lists
Pomme Frites as his favorite food, Archer as his favorite TV show, and Mosport as his favorite track.
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Ernie Jakubowski
uhr-nee JACK-a-bow-ski
Oakville, Ontario
Age: 56
2010: Entered the season starting at Rounds 8 and 9 at Mid-Ohio and finished
3rd in GTS Driver points with 535. GTS Rookie-of-the-Year.
Previously: 2001-2010 Porsche Club of America; 2008-09 NASA 944 Cup.;
Road, rally and ice-racing specialist; 2009 NASA 944 Cup runner-up; 2008
NASA 944 Cup Champion; 2003-05 Targa NFLD Modern Division Champion.
Six-time Canadian National Off-road Champion in 1970-80s. Canadian Studded
Ice-Racing Champion (1976).
Personal: Single, born March 12, 1955 with two children (Margaret 21, Erika 17). Drives a 1986 Porsche
911 on the street and Italian is his favorite food. Big Bang Theory is his favorite show, A.J. Foyt his favorite
driver, and Mosport, Mid-Ohio, and Watkins Glen are his favorite tracks.
PIERRE KLEINUBING
pee-AIR KLINE-you-bing
Erexim, Brazil (Resides in Florida)
Age: 36
Career Highlights: Three-time Brazilian karting champion. 1992 & 1995 Brazilian
Touring Car Champion. 1997 World Challenge T2 Champion and Rookie of the
Year. 2000 and 2001 Speedvision Touring Car Champion. 2006 SPEED Touring
Car Champion, 2009 Touring Car Champion.
2010: Entered one race last season at Miller Motorsports Park finishing 2nd in
Touring Car.
105
The Drivers
Previously: Began racing karts in Brazil in 1989, winning three-straight championships before entering
the Brazilian Touring Car Championship in 1992. Won seven races from 1992 through 1995, where he
won the series championship with four wins. Moved to the United States in 1996, where he drove in IMSA
endurance races, and won the 24 Hours of Moroso. In 1997, made his World Challenge debut with a
runner-up finish at St. Petersburg, and would score top-five finishes in his first five races. Scored his first
race win at Mosport Park , and proceeded to win the following race at Pikes Peak en route to Rookie of
the Year honors and a T2 Drivers’ Championship in his inaugural campaign. Also posted the fastest race
lap at Mid-Ohio and won the pole at Mosport Park (both track records). In 1998, finished runner-up in the
T2 Drivers’ Championship behind teammate Michael Galati with three wins (Topeka, Lime Rock and Pikes
Peak), six total podiums, three poles (Topeka, Trois-Rivieres and Watkins Glen) and four fastest race laps,
while setting four track records. In 1999, finished runner-up in SPEED Touring Car with two wins (TroisRivieres and Laguna Seca) and a season-high eight pole positions with RealTime Racing in an Integra. In
2000, won the SPEED Touring Car Championship in a RealTime Racing Acura Integra R with three wins.
Finished with eight top-10s and top-fives in nine starts, along with seven podium finishes and five poles.
In 2001, Won the SPEED Touring Car Championship for the second-straight year in a RealTime Racing
Acura Integra R. Earned $80,685 and accepted the third World Challenge title of his career (the other
coming in 1997). The Brazilian finished out of the top-five and top-10 only once, recording four poles
(tying Cunningham and Gigliotti for the all-time career lead) and three wins to clinch the Championship
with 257 points. In 2002, finished second in the final SPEED Touring Car point standings, his sixth toptwo finish in the series in six years. Drove RealTime Racing Acura Integra R to three wins, seven podiums
nine top-10 finishes in an 11-race season. In 2003, finished second in the final SPEEDTouring Car point
standings for the fourth time in seven years. Recorded three wins (Mosport, Lime Rock and Road Atlanta),
seven top-fives and had one pole position (Road Atlanta) in a RealTime Racing Acura RSX-S. In 2004,
ran full slate of events for the eighth-straight season with RealTime Racing. Posted two wins, five topfive and six top-10 finishes in an Acura TSX on his way to ending up seventh in the SPEED Touring Car
Championship. Two wins came at Portland and Road Atlanta. Set the fastest qualifying mark at Laguna
Seca before finishing fourth, and recorded race’s fastest lap during winning run at Portland. 2004 was
the first time he did not finish either first or second in the Championship. Continueing to drive an Acura
TSX in 2005, led all of World Challenge in victories with three, which came consecutively at Road Atlanta,
Mid-Ohio and Cleveland. Overall, tallied six top-five and nine top-10 finishes to finish third the SPEED
Touring Car Drivers’ Championship. Won 2006 SPEED Touring Car championship driving a RealTime
Acura TSX. Collected seven podiums, including back-to-back wins at Infineon and Miller Motorsports Park,
four consecutive poles (Mid-Ohio, Infineon, Miller Motorsports Park and Denver), and finished nine of 10
rounds in the top-five. Helped Acura to its sixth Manufacturers’ Title. Collected seven top-five finishes in
2007, his first winless season in World Challenge. Was the polesitter at Lime Rock Park and set the fastest
race lap at Sebring and Miller Motorsports Park. Finished fourth in the Drivers’ Championship. Started the
2008 season with a win from pole at Sebring in a RealTime Acura TSX. Collected six more podium finishes
before ending the season second in the SPEED Touring Car Drivers’ Championship, five points behind team
owner Peter Cunningham. In 2009, earned his fifth World Challenge Touring Car Drivers’ Championship in
a RealTime Acura TSX, making up 54 points with a win and a pole at the season finale at Mazda Raceway
Laguna Seca. Also, won at Road America. Collected four more podium finishes.
Personal: Born Oct. 24, 1974 and is married to Carla. Outside of racing, Pierre enjoys soccer, water skiing
and go karting. Drives an Acura RL on the street.
YearClass
1997
T2
1998
T2
1999
TC
2000
TC
2001
TC
2002
TC
2003
TC
2004
TC
2005
TC
2006
TC
2007
TC
2008
TC
2009
TC
TC
2010 Totals
StartsWins
10
2
9
3
10
2
9
3
10
3
11
3
10
3
10
2
11
3
10
2
10
0
10
1
10
2
1
0
131
29
Top-5
8
6
8
8
9
7
7
5
6
9
7
7
8
1
96
Top-10
9
6
9
8
9
9
7
6
9
10
7
9
10
1
109
Pts. Fin. (T10)
1
2
2
1
1
2
2
7
3
1
4
2
1
1
SCOTT KHUNE
skAHt KOO-nee
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Age: 51
The Drivers
2010: Entered one GTS race last season at Long Beach.
Previously: Scored a podium finish in his first race at Brainerd International
Raceway in a PCA race in 1955 while driving a Porsche 944. Has raced in PCA
for 15 years, SCORE for three years and SCCA World Challenge for one year. Track
records in class at Daytona, Sebring, Texas and California. Voted ‘Workers Choice’
at Daytona PCA race in 2009. Took 2nd place in class at the 2003 Baja 1000.
Personal: Single, born August 27, 1959. Two children (Dawn 32, Jessica 29).
His daily driver is a 2004 Porsche GT3 and favorite food is Sushi. Lists Family Guy as his favorite TV
show, Sebring as his favorite track, and Steve McQueen as his racing hero. Lists automotive mechanic as
his first job.
Carolyn Kujala
kaer-oh-lihn KWEE-uh-la
Tucson, AZ
Age: 61
2010: Entered Mid-Ohio, VIR and Miller races in a VW Jetta GLi in Touring Car
finishing 11th, 11th, 13th, 10th, and 8th respectively.
Previously: First race was a club race with ProAutoSports, St. John’s Grand Prix,
St. John, AZ, Labor Day weekend 2006. Car was SSC MINI Cooper S. Lists experience as 4 1/2 years of club racing with SCCA and ProAutoSports in SSB MINI
106
Cooper S. Competed in SCCA National Run-Offs at Road America in SSB in 2009, and in STU (with Jetta)
in 2010. Also drove 1927 Ford Roadster (modified) with antique Mercedes V8 3 liter engine in land speed
event at El Mirage Dry Lake in November, 2009. Won class series championship with ProAutoSports in
2007, 2008, and 2009. Won class series championship with Arizona Region SCCA 2007-08, 2008-09,
and 2009-10.
Personal: Born May 4, 1949, Kujala’s daily driver is a 2005 Mini Cooper S. Lists CBS Sunday Morning as
her favorite TV show, Paul Newman, and Janet Guthrie as her racing heroes, Italian as her favorite food,
and Inde Motorsports Ranch as her favorite track.
THOMAS LEPPER
THA-muhss LEP-per
Benicia, Calif.
Age: 56
2010: Entered three Touring Car races last season finishing 2nd at Mosport.
Previously: Began his racing career in 1982, driving Formula Fords. Since then,
has raced a number of amateur and professional series. Has spent the past five
seasons running a Chevrolet Cobalt SS in a variety of Touring Car series.
Personal: Born December 26, 1954. Married to Robyn, and has four children.
Names Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca as his favorite track, and The Unit as his
favorite television show.
PATRICK LINDSEY
PAT-trick LIND-see
New York, N.Y.
Age: 28
2010: Entered 10 GT races last season finishing 10th in Drivers’ Championship
with seven top five finishes.
Personal: Born April 22, 1982. First job was at Starbucks, but is currently a stock broker with Sloan
Securities. Drives a Chevy truck on the street. Enjoys hibachi food and lists Family Guy as his favorite TV
show. Hobbies include golf and shooting as well as spending time with his family in Santa Barbra. Lists
Townsend Bell and World Challenge competitor Ron Fellows as his racing heroes. Infineon Raceway is his
favorite track.
YearClass
2007
TC
2008
TC
2009
TC
2010
GT
Totals
StartsWins
1
0
10
0
4
0
9
0
24
0
Top-5
0
0
2
7
9
Top-10
0
1
4
7
12
Pts. Fin. (T10)
10
7
7
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The Drivers
Previously: Raced in Performance Touring, TT and American Iron series with
NASA. Was the 2006 NASA National Champion in PTA/TTA. Won an American
Iron race at the wheel of a Ford Mustang. Continued racing American Iron
Mustangs in 2007, winning five races in seven starts. Made SPEED Touring Car
debut in 2007 driving a MAZDA6 for Horton Motorsports at Mazda Raceway
Laguna Seca, finished 12th. Raced a Horton Motorsports MAZDA 6 in 2008, his first full season of SPEED
Touring Car. Highest finish of 10th came at Miller Motorsports Park. Qualified second at Road Atlanta. In
2009, ran the last four Touring Car event in a Mazda6, finishing third at Road America. Qualified secondfastest at Road America and Mid-Ohio.
ERIC MEYER
AIR-ik MY-ur
Bryan, Ohio
Age: 46
2010: 2nd in Touring Car Drivers’ Championship with eight top 5 finishes.
Previously: Has five years of SCCA Club road racing experience. Has run parts of
the last two seasons with Grand-Am.
Personal: Born December 9, 1964. President of XOWii Racing (pronounced
Zow-wee). Favorite food is seafood, and watches the History Channel. Lists
Mario Andretti as a racing hero, and as a youngster watch Andretti win the 1969
Indianapolis 500.
CHARLES MORGAN
CHAR-uls MORE-gin
Dallas, Texas
Age: 68
2010: Entered nine races last season finishing 13th in GT Drivers’
Championship.
Previously: The 1993 IMSA GTO Champion is ranked third on the all-time driver
point standings list. Has two class wins at the 24 Hours of Daytona and two class
wins at the 12 Hours of Sebring. In 2009, raced at Autobahn, Road America and
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in World Challenge GT.
Personal: Born Feb. 4, 1943. Is a retired CEO of Axciom Corporation. Married to Susie with two children:
Caroline and Rob. Graduate from the University of Arkansas with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Designed the Acxiom NASCAR truck road race chassis and was occasional test driver. Regularly pilots
Falcon and Citation jets.
YearClass
2009
GT
2010
GT
Totals
The Drivers
StartsWins
3
0
9
0
12
0
Top-5
0
0
0
Top-10
0
1
1
Pts. Fin. (T10)
-
ROB MORGAN
ROB MORE-gin
Costa Mesa, Calfi.
Age: 37
2010: 6th in GT Drivers’ Championship with two top five finishes and 12 top
10 finishes.
Previously: Began racing at the age of 18 in IMSA’s Firestone Firehawk Series.
Began GTO racing in 1994 and moved to GTS-1 in 1995. Earned Oldsmobile’s
100th road racing victory at Mosport in 1995 and was named GTS-1 Most
Improved Driver. Won the GTS-1 Class at the 1996 24 Hours of Daytona. Entered
Exxon World Sports Car Category in 1997 driving a Ferarri 333SP. Won at Mosport
co-driving with Ron Fellows to score Ferarri their first win in Canada since 1964 and won Most Improved
Driver. Also in 1997 entered two NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races. Raced a partial Craftsman Truck
Series schedule in 1998 before competed full time in 1999 and 2000. Qualified second at Texas Motor
Speedway in 2000 and earned a career high finish of fifth at Heartland Park Topeka. Finished eighth in
first SCCA Trans-Am race at Road America in 2001. Finished second in GTS at 2002 Rolex 24 Hours
of Daytona. Took GTS wins at Watkins Glen and Daytona finale, securing the 2002 Team Championship.
Finished second in class again at 2003 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona. Raced Daytona Prototypes from 2005
– 2007. In 2009, raced five times in a Prosche 911 GT3, earning two top-10 finishes at Autabahn and
Mazda raceway Laguna Seca.
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Personal: Born November 11, 1973. Owns TruSpeed Motorcars, but first job was washing cars. Is married
to Vicki with two children: Makenna and Lainey. Drives a Porsche on the street. Enjoys watching SPEED
and eating Italian food. Lists Charles Morgan as his driving hero and Mosport as his favorite track.
YearClass
2009
GT
2010 GT
Totals
StartsWins
5
0
12
0
17
0
Top-5
0
2
2
Top-10
2
12
14
Pts. Fin. (T10)
6
6
Johnny O’Connell
jaw-nee oh-kAHn-uhl
Flowery Branch, GA
Age: 48
Previously: Formula Atlantic West,1987-88. American Racing Series
1989. IMSA GTO 1991-95. IRL 1996. PCSR World Sports Car Championship
1997-98. American Le Mans Series 1999-2010. Winner of the Le Mans 24h
in the GT1 class 2009, Second in American Le Mans Series – GT1 2009.
Second in Le Mans 24h – GT1 class 2008, American Le Mans Series
champion in the GT1 class 2008. Second in Le Mans 24h – GT1 class
2007, Second American Le Mans Series – GT1 2007. Third in American Le
Mans Series GTS 2005, Second in Le Mans 24h – GT1 class 2005. American
Le Mans Series class GTS champion 2004, Second in Le Mans 24h – GTS class
2004. American Le Mans Series class GTS champion 2003, Third in Le Mans 24h – GTS class 2003.
Winner of the Le Mans 24h in the GTS class 2002. Winner of the Le Mans 24h in the GTS class 2001,
Winner of the Le Mans 24h in the IMSA / GTS class 1994.
Personal: Born July 24, 1962. Has two children (Canaan and Kelly). Lists CTS-V Sedan, Chevrolet Corvette
as daily drivers, Italian as his favorite food, O’Reilly Factor as his favorite TV show, Phil Hill as his racing
hero and Sebring as his favorite track.
STEVE OTT
STEEV AHT
Houston, Texas
Age: 29
Previously: Began racing in SCCA’s Spec Racer Ford category in 1999 at age 18.
Competed in various SCCA Club Racing classes and scored three Rocky Mountain
Division Championships (2001 SRF, 2002 SRF and 2004 DSR). Finished runnerup in 2004 DSR National Championship Runoffs. In 2006, signed on to run
Champ Car Atlantic Series. Best finish was third at the Grand Prix of Cleveland.
Returned to Club Racing in 2007 and finished third in Spec Miata at the Runoffs.
Competed in Grand Am Cup ST class in 2008, scoring a pole, a podium and several top 10 finishes. Led
most laps that year in an RX-8 despite missing the opening round.
Personal: Born June 23, 1981 and is not married. Works as Service Manager at DriverSource in Houston
but his first job was at IHOP. Favorite track is Watkins Glen. Favorite food is chicken tequila fetuccini from
California Pizza Kitchen. Drives a Toyota Tacoma on the street. Favorite television show is House. Lists
Mario Andretti as his racing hero.
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2010: Entered five GT races last season.
BRANDEN PETERSON
BRAN-den PEET-ur-sun
Breckenridge, Colo.
Age: 38
2010: Entered three Touring Car races last season.
Previously: Spent nine years competing in SCCA Club Racing ITA. Finished first
in class at 12 Hours of Summit Point in 2001 and 2002. Also won class at
6 Hours of Gingerman in 2001 and the 10 Hours of Gingerman in 2003. In
2004, his first year of SPEED Touring Car competition, had a best finish of
21st at Infineon after starting 30th. Ran three events overall in a Honda Civic
Si. Competed in four Touring Car races in 2005, finished a career-best 17th
at Denver after starting 20th - also a personal best. Overall, notched the first pair of top-20 finishes of
career. Entered the Grand Prix of Denver in 2006 and Finished 19th behind the wheel of a Honda Civic
Si. Entered 2007 SPEED Touring Car races at Miller Motorsports Park and Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in
an Acura TSX. Finished 17th and 19th, respectively. Entered three SPEED Touring Car events in 2008,
driving an Acura TSX. Earned a career-best finish of 13th at Mid-Ohio. In 2009, ran three Touring Car
races in an Acura TSX, earning a career-best tenth place finish at Mid-Ohio.
Personal: Born Sept. 12, 1972. Married to Carisa. Drives a Porsche 914 and lists The Life of Ryan as
his favorite TV show. Enjoys Thai food and lists snowboarder as his occupation. First job was working at a
water park. High Plains Raceway is his favorite track and Tom Sneva is his racing hero.
YearClass
2004
TC
2005
TC
2006
TC
2007
TC
2008
TC
2009
TC
2010
TC
Totals
StartsWins
3
0
4
0
1
0
2
0
3
0
3
0
3
0
19
0
Top-5
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
Top-10
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
Pts. Fin. (T10)
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MICHAEL PETTIFORD
MY-kuhl PET-ih-furd
Louisville, Colo.
2010: Entered three GTS and six Touring Car races last season.
Previously: Was named the 1991 Rookie of the Year after finishing fourth in
the Truck Guard/Shellzone Challenge Series Finished fifth in World Challenge B
Class in 1992. Has made 12 starts and held a very successful career in SCCA
Club Racing.
Personal: President of GO 4 IT Racing Schools since 1985. Racing career has
included cars, trucks, motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles. Finished 4th in class
in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on a motorcycle in 2009.
YearClass
1991
SP
1992
B
1997
T1
1998
T1
2000
GT
2010
GTS
2010 TC
Totals
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StartsWins
3
0
5
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
3
0
6
0
21
0
Top-5
0
3
1
0
0
3
2
9
Top-10
1
4
1
0
0
3
4
13
Pts. Fin. (T10)
5
7
7
5
ANDY PILGRIM
ANN-dee PILL-grim
Del Ray Beach, Fla.
Age: 54
Career Highlights: 1995 IMSA Grand Sport Endurance Champion. 1997 and
1998 IMSA GT1 Champion. 2004 Rolex 24 At Daytona overall winner. 2005
SPEED GT Drivers’ Champion.
2010: Finished 4th in GT Drivers’ Championship. Won Round 11 at VIR.
Personal: Born Aug. 18, 1956. Drives a Cadillac CTS-V and Mini Cooper S on the street. Owns an IT
company, but first job was working at an insulin plant. Favorite food is sushi and enjoys the cartoon
Squidbillies. Monza is his favorite track. Lists Senna, Hailwood and Clark as his racing heroes.
YearClass
1990
WC
1991
WC
1992
D
1992
A
1993
A
1994
WC
1996
S2
1996
S1
2004
GT
2005
GT
2006
GT
2007
GT
2008
GT
2009
GT
2010 GT
Totals
StartsWins
8
1
8
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
2
1
1
1
10
0
11
0
10
1
10
2
0
10
10
2
12
1
96
10
Top-5
2
4
1
0
0
1
2
1
6
8
5
7
8
6
7
58
Top-10
7
8
1
1
1
1
2
1
8
11
9
9
9
7
9
84
Pts. Fin. (T10)
6
3
4
5
1
3
2
2
4
4
1
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The Drivers
Previously: From 1978-1980, competed in open-class and modified production motorcycles in England. Captured 71 wins and five Divisional and National
Championships during that time. Moved to the United States in the early 1980s and began racing professionally in 1984. Driving a Pontiac Firebird, grabbed his first professional win in the IMSA Firestone
Firehawk Endurance Championship at Sears Point in 1986. Won 20 Firehawk series races in 106 starts
over the next decade. His record of 116 consecutive race finishes in IMSA/PSCR events is unprecedented.
Made 23 World Challenge starts from 1990-1994 and 1996. In those starts, Pilgrim recorded four wins,
11 top-fives, and 22 top 10 finishes. In 1994, won one race in the IMSA Supercar Series driving a Lotus.
Captured six wins en route to winning the IMSA Grand Sport Endurance Championship in 1995. In 1996,
won the GTS-2 12 Hours of Sebring and won two World Challenge races (Road America, Reno) in three
starts. In 1997, had four race wins en route to winning the PSCR GT1 Championhsip driving a Porsche 911
GT1 with Alan McNish. Won the PSCR GT1 Championship in 1998 and had two PSCR GT2 wins that same
year. From 1999-2003, Pilgrim recorded seven GTS wins, driving a Corvette, in the American Le Mans
Series. Class win in the Rolex 24 At Daytona in 2002. In 2003, drove a Daytona Prototype to victory circle
at the Rolex 24 in Grand-Am. Made immediate impact in 2004 as one of General Motors’ Cadillac CTS-V
program pilots, earning a podium (2nd place at Sebring) in his debut while recording the fastest race lap
in a charge from the back of the field. Finished the season with six top-5 finishes and eight top-10 marks
overall. Earned first GT Drivers’ Championship in 2005 without winning a single race, using eight top-five
finishes and 11 top-10s. Best finish came at Road Atlanta, where he finished second in a podium sweep
by Team Cadillac. His efforts also helped propel Cadillac to the SPEED GT Manufacturers’ Championship.
In 2006, finished all but one race in the top-10, with five top-five finishes and four podiums. Finished
season third in the Drivers’ Championship. Broke a 10-year (29-race) series winless streak with a victory
at Road Atlanta. Finished second in the 2007 SPEED GT Championship with Team Cadillac. Finished only
one race outside the top-10 and collected wins at Lowe’s Motor Speedway and Mazda Raceway Laguna
Seca. Set the Watkins qualifying lap record in his Cadillac CTS-V and helped the marque earn its second
SPEED GT Manufacturers’ title. Finished as the runner-up in the 2008 SPEED GT Drivers’ Championship
piloting a Cadillac CTS-V for Team Remington Cadillac. Started the season with a streak of five podium finishes in-a-row. Capped off the season with an additional three podiums in the final three rounds. In 2009,
finished fourth in the GT Championship in a K-Pax Volvo S60. Earned wins at New Jersey Motorsports Park
and Road America, and a total of six top-five finishes, in his first year driving a Volvo.
RANDY POBST
RAN-dee POBST
Gainesville, Ga.
Age: 53
Career Highlights: Porsche (2001), Audi (2003-04) and Mazda (2005-07) factory driver, second on all-time active road racing drivers’ career win list with more
than 70 victories. 1992 Valvoline Runoffs Showroom Stock C Champion, 1995
Valvoline Runoffs Showroom Stock A Champion, 1996 North American Super
Touring Champion, 1997 North American Super Touring Series Champion, Won
the 2001 and 2006 Daytona 24 Hour race in GT class. Six SCCA Solo National
Championships. 2003, 2007, 2008 and 2010 GT Champion.
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2010: GT Drivers’ Champion (his 4th World Challenge Drivers’ Championship). Won Rounds 1 (St. Pete),
4 (Mosport), 7 (Toronto) and 10 (VIR).
Previously: Began racing in 1985 at Sebring. Won six SCCA national Solo championships. Prepared and
raced his own Mazda Miata in SCCA Club Racing events from 1992 through 1995, finishing first or second
every year, including a win in 1992. Also won the 1995 Runoffs in SSA driving a BMW. Won two Firestone
Firehawk championships. Has had six starts at the SCCA Runoffs. Has two touring car championships. Won
the 2001 24 hour race at Daytona. In 2001 signed a deal with Porsche as a factory driver. In 2002, missing three races he was still able to finish third in points in the SPEED GT. driving a Porsche. Competed in
ALMS and Grand Am. Also, drove in four ALMS races in the GT class, with a season-best finish of second
in class at the Petit Le Mans. Finished fourth in Worldwide Porsche Cup point championship. In 2003,
drove a factory Audi RS 6 en route to winning the SPEED GT Drivers’ Championship. In 10 SPEED GT
races, Pobst recorded two wins (Road Atlanta and Puerto Rico), eight podium finishes, started from the
pole position three times and set one fast race lap record (Puerto Rico). Helped Audi win its second SPEED
GT Manufacturers’ Championship. In 2004, earned one win (Lime Rock) in 10 SPEED GT starts. Finished
first or second in four of five events during one stretch. Drove an Audi R 6 for Champion Racing and nailed
down fastest qualifier twice (Lime Rock and Road America). Also turned in fastest race lap at both Lime
Rock and Mid-Ohio. Finished second in the 2005 Touring Car Drivers’ Championship on the strength
of two wins (St. Pete, Portland), four poles (St. Pete, Mid-Ohio, Infineon, Portland) and seven front-row
starts. Led Mazda to a second-place finish in the Manufacturers’ Championship. Finished runner-up in
2006 SPEED TC Drivers’ Championship in second year with the Tri-Point Mazda team. Took the pole and
win at St. Petersburg and returned to the top of the podium again with a victory at Road Atlanta. Claimed
a total of seven top-five finishes and only once finished outside the top-10 (Laguna Seca). Also contested
two SPEED GT rounds in an At Speed Porsche 911 Cup, finishing eighth at Road Atlanta and helping
Porsche win the Manufacturers’ Championship by winning the season finale at Laguna Seca. Had a busy
2007 season; competed in both categories, driving a Porsche 911 GT3 for K-PAX Racing/Jim Haughey
LLC, and a Mazda6 for Tri-Point Motorsports, his third year with the team. Finished second in SPEED
Touring Car Championship for the third year in-a-row on the strength of six top-five finishes including a pair
of victories from pole at the Watkins Glen doubleheader, where he also reset the qualifying and race lap
records. Nearly won both titles, but was spun from the SPEED Touring Car lead in the finale with two laps
to go. Coupled with his SPEED GT victory, set a new Watkins Glen record of three professional race wins in
a single weekend. Won SPEED GT race at Toronto as well, one of seven top-five finishes, which propelled
him to his second SPEED GT Drivers’ Championship. Earned his second-consecutive SPEED GT Drivers’
Championship in 2008, piloting the K-PAX/3R Racing Porsche 911 GT3. Started the season off with a
win at Sebring and would earned additional wins at Watkins Glen and Detroit. Finished the season with a
total of six podium appearances and only once finished outside the top five. Results helped Porsche earn
its seventh Manufacturers’ Title. Also competed in Grand-Am competition. In 2009, finished sixth in the
GT Championship in a K-Pax Volvo S60. Won at Autobahn for his 22nd career win, and finished second
to his teammate at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Also, finished 2nd at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Was
the fastest qualifier at Long Beach and Road America.
Personal: Born on June 26, 1957. Writes a monthly column for SportsCar, SCCA’s magazine. Drives a
vegetable oil powered Volkswagen Jetta and an APR tuned Porsche 911 Turbo. Enjoys motorcycling and
owns seven motorcycles. Diet is strictly raw and vegan foods. TV viewing is limited to SPEED, The Weather
Channel and CNN. First job involved staging driving events at colleges with Dodge Daytona Turbos for the
National Collegiate Driving Championships. Lists Peter Schwartzott, Andy Pilgrim and Bill Auberlen as his
racing heroes, as well as his step-daughter Kelly, who is a professional drifter.
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YearClass
1990
SP
1991
SP
1992
C
1996
T2
1997
T2
2001
GT
2002
GT
2003
GT
2004
GT
2005
TC
2006
GT
2006
TC
2007
GT
2007
TC
2008
GT
2009
GT
2010
GT
Totals
StartsWins
1
1
1
0
2
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
7
4
10
2
10
1
11
2
2
1
10
2
10
2
10
2
10
3
9
1
12
4
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26
Top-5
1
0
2
0
1
1
7
8
6
6
1
7
7
6
8
5
9
75
Top-10
1
0
2
0
1
1
7
8
7
10
2
9
9
7
10
8
11
93
Pts. Fin. (T10)
3
1
4
2
2
1
2
1
6
1
1
Aaron Povoledo
AIR-RUN PO-VO-lay-do
Chatham, Ontario
Age: 32
Previously: 2005-2010 Grand Am and Rolex series plus PCA, HSR, BMW, PBOC
and NASA series. Canadian Regional F2000 Champion and World Scholarship
winner from Jim Russell Racing UK. Voted by Autosport Magazine as one of the
top 5 up and coming drivers in the UK in 1997. Player’s Racing team driver
1998ñ2000. 2010 Grand Am Continental Tire Challenge ST: Trois-Rivières ñ 5th
Place; Miller Motorsports Park ñ 1st Place + Pole position, fastest lap, most laps
led. 2011 Class winner in PCA 48hrs of Sebring enduro ñ Cayman S
Personal: Single, born May 27, 1978. East coast Oysters from P.E.I. are his
favorite food and his racing heroes are Gilles Villeneuve, and Nigel Mansell. Lists Watkins Glen, Thruxton
UK, Mont Tremblant, any and every street circuit as his favorite tracks.
2010: Entered Rounds 8 and 9 at Mid-Ohio and season finale at Miller
Motorsports Park in GT in a Porsche GT3 and finished 14th, 11th and 11th
respectively.
Previously: Born July 13th, 1961. Prilika has competed successfully in various
forms of racing including NASCAR, Grand Am Rolex Series, USSS, SCCA, NASA
and Porsche Club Racing since 1984. Recent highlights include: 2010 NASA
Rocky Mountain Region Enduro ES Champion; 2010 NASA Rocky Mountain
Region GTS5 Champion; 1st place finish Race #2, 2010 Miller Motorsports
Park, NASA Nationals Race, GTS5 class, Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S; Top 5 finish Final Race, 2010 Miller
Motorsports Park, NASA Nationals Race, GTS5 class, Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S.
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Robert Prilika
RAH-burt Pril-lika
Castle Rock, CO
Age: 49
TONY RIVERA
TON-ee riv-AIR-uh
Houston, Texas
Age: 37
Career Highlights: 2008 IMSA Challenge GT3 Cup Gold Class Champion.
2010: Entered five GT races last season.
Previous: Has competed in SCCA Club Racing and Solo events since 1989, winning 12 SCCA Club Racing Divisional Championships. Won 2001 June Sprints in
E Production and broke the EP June Sprints qualifying record in 2003. Finished
on the EP podium at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs in 2001, 2004
and 2007. Finished third in the 2007 Star Mazda Championship running the
Expert Class. Finished 11th in the KONI Challenge ST Class year-end point standings, runner-up in the
Rookie of the Year Standings. Won 12 of 14 races in the IMSA Challenge GT3 Cup Gold Class, breaking
Tommy Kendall’s professional consecutive win streak record (11) and taking the Championship. In 2009,
finished third in the GT Championship in his first season in World Challenge. Won his debut race at Sebring
in a Porsche 911 GT3, and won again at Road America later in the season. Earned two more podiums
and seven top-five finishes.
Personal: Born September 14, 1973. Is married to Annemarie with one daughter: Kylee. Drives a Mazda
Miata on the street. Enjoys the TV show Pinks and hamburgers. Road Atlanta is his favorite track. Lists
Jack Baldwin, Peter Cunningham, Tommy Kendall, Pete Halsmer and Jeff Gordon as his driving heroes.
YearClass
2009
GT
2010
GT
Totals
StartsWins
10
2
5
0
15
2
Top-5
7
0
7
Top-10
9
3
12
Pts. Fin. (T10)
3
3
FRED ROBERTS
Fred RAH-burts
Toronto, Ontario
Age: 43
2010: GT Rookie of the Year. Finished 11th in Drivers’ Championship.
The Drivers
Previously: Made three starts in World Challenge GT in 2008. Named the 2007 Viper
Racing League Rookie of the Year.
Personal: Born February 2, 1968. Names World Challenge competitor Ron Fellows as a
racing hero. His favorite track is Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
Year
Class
2008
GT
2010 GT
Totals
Starts
3
12
15
Wins
0
0
0
Top-5
0
0
0
Top-10
0
6
6
Pts. Fin. (T10)
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JASON SAINI
JAY-sun SAN-ee
Fort Worth, Texas
Age: 38
Career Highlights: 2008 SPEED Touring Car Rookie of the Year. 2007 SCCA Pro
Racing SIRIUS Satellite Radio Mazda MX-5 Cup Champion.
2010: Entered two Touring Car races last season finishing second in Rounds 8
and 9 at Mid-Ohio.
Previously: Started competing in SCCA National Solo events in 2000. Was
2003 B-Stock National Champion, 2003 ProSolo Champion and 2004 A-Stock
National Champion. Began road racing in 2004, finishing seventh in the 2005 Miata Cup Championship.
Finished fifth in the Miata Cup in 2005 and earned his first professional pole position at Mosport. Finished
second in the inaugural season of SCCA Pro Racing Mazda MX-5 Cup, collecting three podium finishes
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and his first pro win at Road America in 2006. Won five of eight MX-5 Cup races in 2007 to claim the
Championship. Was awarded ride with Tri-Point motorsports courtesy of MAZDASPEED and its driver development program. Earned the 2007 SPEED Touring Car Rookie of the year by finishing fifth in the Drivers’
Championship. Took his first World Challenge victory from pole at Miller Motorsports Park. Collected three
more top-five finishes in a Tri-Point Motorsports MAZDA6. In 2009, finished second in the Touring Car
Championship in a Mazda6 after leading entering the season finale. Won at New Jersey Motorsports Park,
Autobahn, and Mid-Ohio. Also was the fastest qualifier at Autobahn. Earned five podium finishes and 10
top-tens in 10 races.
Personal: Born January 12, 1973. Likes Mexican and Italian food. Favorite thing to watch on TV is World
Challenge. Road America is his favorite track and Boris Said is his racing hero.
Patrick Seguin
PAT-TRICK SAY-gehn
Clarence Creek, Ontario
Age: 30
Previously: Fourth overall and best finishing rookie in the 2009 Canadian Touring
Car Championship as a privateer. Best finish was a 2nd place at the Grand Prix
of Trois-Rivières. Three podiums as well as 11 top 10 finishes with 14 starts in
the 2010 CTCC. Highlight was back-to-back podiums at the Toronto Indy Grand
Prix last year.
Personal: Born August 1980. Works as an account manager for Ottawa Clutch.
Lists golf instructor as his first job. Lists BTCC as his favorite series to watch and
Thai as his favorite food. Streets circuits are his preferred track layout.
Greg Shaffer
grehg SHAY-fer
Harrisonburg, VA
Age: 36
Mike Skeen
MEYEK skEEn
Portsmouth, VA
Age: 24
2010: Won his first career World Challenge start in GT in the CRP Chevrolet
Corvette, Round 8 at Mid-Ohio and finished 9th in Round 9 at Mid-Ohio.
Previously: Eight years of kart racing with the Hampton Roads Kart Club from
1997-2004. Began instructing teen safe driving and high performance driving schools in 2004. Competed in NASA SpecE30 series in 2007 and 2008.
Moved to SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am series for 2009 and 2010. Competed in
first Daytona Rolex 24 in 2011 with Bennett Racing Ferrari F430 effort. NASA
SpecE30 Regional Champion in 2007 & 2008; National Champion in 2008.
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2010: Entered Mosport, Toronto and VIR in Touring Car and finished 9th, 4th,
9th, 5th and 13th respectively.
Previously: Started racing in 1999 in SCCA Club Racing Touring Car classes,
Multiple endurance race wins with VW, Mercedes-Benz and BMW. 2005/2010
Grand-Am competitor in Audi A4 and Mazda MX-5. 2007 Kumho Endurance
Winners with Team RC Imports, MD. 2008 2nd Place in North America in
BMW CCA Series in D-Modified in 3 Series BMW chassis. 2008 BMW Southeast
Champion (15 starts with 9 wins, 9 poles and 3 track records). 2010, two starts
in Grand-Am with co-driver Ric Bushey of Virginia Beach, VA.
Personal: Married to Annie, with two girls – Rennie and Claire ages 5 and 3. Born June 10, 1974. Shaffer
owns and operates a pre-owned BMW/European dealership in Harrisonburg specializing in sales, service
and parts since 2004. Greg enjoys boating, skiing, race instruction at Summit Point, VA and traveling to new places in his spare time. His daily driver is a 2006 BMW 750LI and his favorite TV show is
Entourage. Racing heroes are Robbie Gordon and Bill Auberlen, favorite track is VIR, and favorite food is
fresh seafood.
Second place finish and lap record on debut in SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am series (Road Atlanta, 2009).
2010 SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am Rookie of the Year.
Personal: Single, born October 25, 1986. Lists Michael Schumacher as his racing hero, Virginia
International Raceway as his favorite track and
Tosh.0 as favorite TV show.
JAMES SOFRONAS
JAYMS suh-FRO-nus
Newport Beach, Calif.
Age: 42
The Drivers
2010: Finished 3rd in GT Drivers’ Championship with a win in Round 9 at MidOhio and nine top five finishes.
Previously: Began racing Showroom Stock B in 1994 and made his World
Challenge debut at Road America, finishing ninth in Super Production. Made
five starts in 1995, finishing in the top-10 twice. In 1996, made three starts in
T2 and one in T1, resulting in two top-10s and a front-row start at Lime Rock. In
1999, made one SPEED Touring Car start, finishing sixth at Laguna Seca. Won
several BMW Club Races. In 2000, made two SPEED GT starts and two Speedvision Touring Car starts,
recording a best finish of 15th in Touring Car at Road Atlanta. All starts were in BMWs. Ran eight SPEED
GT races in a BMW M3 with a season-best finish of ninth at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Finished 14th
overall in points. 2001 USTCC Champion in a BMW 328i with five wins out of seven races. In 2002, ran in
five SPEED Touring Car races driving a BMW 325is. Recorded one top-10 finish at Mosport (second race)
in sixth place. Started on the front row at Road America. Recorded one top-10 finish in nine SPEEDTouring
Car starts in 2003. In 2004, ran the full 10-event SPEED Touring Car slate, recording four top-five and
nine top-10 finishes in a BMW 325Ci. Finished fourth in the Driver’s point championship standings. Led
the majority of the event at Mosport before finishing fourth. In 2005 raced in SPEED GT for the first time
since 2001, piloted a Porsche 911 Cup to a pair of top-five finishes and three top-10s. Best qualifier
came at Lime Rock, where he started fourth and finished third. At Laguna, started eighth on the grid
before winding up fifth. Finished ninth in the 2006 SPEED GT Driver’s Championship behind the wheel
of a Porsche 911 GT3. Recorded three top-five finishes and five top-10 finishes. In 2007, continued
SPEED GT racing in his Global Motorsports Group Porsche 911 GT3, collecting five top-10 finishes. Best
result was a fifth at Sebring. Entered all but the final round of the SPEED Touring Car Championship in a
Tecmark/GMG BMW 325Ci. Earned three top-five finishes, including runner-up finishes at Lime Rock Park
and the second half of the Watkins Glen doubleheader. Finished seventh in the final points, making him
the SPEED Touring Car 2007 Toyo Cup winner, awarded to the highest placing driver in the Championship
whose primary occupation is not racing. Finished 2008 in fourth in the SPEED GT Drivers’ Championship,
finishing nine of 10 rounds in the top 10 driving a Global Motorsports Group Porsche 911 GT3. Earned
first World Challenge victory in 99th start at New Jersey Motorsports Park, which helped Porsche clinch
its seventh Manufacturers’ Championship. Entered three SPEED Touring Car events with a Tecmark BMW
325Ci, earning a top-10 finish at each. In 2009, had his most successful season in World Challenge,
finishing 2nd in the GT Championship and earning his second and third career wins (Long Beach and
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca). Was also on the podium at Watkins Glen and Mid-Ohio and was the fastest
qualifier at Autobahn.
Personal: Born Sept. 9, 1968 in Pound Ridge, N.Y. Married to Nargis and the couple have a daughter.
Graduate of Babson College with a Bachelor’s degree in Finance and Marketing. Is the Owner and President
of Global Motorsports Group, specializing in Porsche motorsports and performance parts. Drives a Porsche
997 TT and Audi S6 on the street. Chicken is his favorite food. Sportscar racing on SPEED is his TV programming of choice. Lists Hans Stuck as his racing hero and Road America as his favorite track.
YearClass
1994
SP
1995
SP
1996
T1
1996
T2
1997
T2
1998
T2
1999
TC
2000
TC
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StartsWins
1
0
6
0
1
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
Top-5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Top-10
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
Pts. Fin. (T10)
-
2000
GT
2001
GT
2002
TC
2003
TC
2004
TC
2005
GT
2006
GT
2006
TC
2007
TC
2007
GT
2008
GT
2008
TC
2009
GT
2010 GT
Totals
2
8
5
9
10
6
10
1
9
10
10
3
10
11
121
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
1
4
0
0
0
0
4
2
4
0
3
1
3
1
6
9
33
0
1
1
1
9
3
6
0
7
5
9
3
9
11
70
4
8
7
4
2
3
2
Charlie Solomon
chAHr-lee sAHluhmuhn
Dallas, Texas
2010: Entered Mosport, Mid-Ohio and VIR races in a Mazda RX-8 in Touring Car
class finishing with two top 10s (8th and 9th at Mosport), two top 5s (Mid-Ohio
and VIR) and two Sunoco Hard Charger awards (Mid-Ohio and VIR).
Previously: Lists the following experience: 1996-98 club racing (VARA, SCCA),
around 43 races, 14 poles and 21 wins with two championships; 1999–00 –
eight NASCAR Winston West, Southwest Tour and Late-Model races; 2001 – three
Grand Am Cup races (2nd place at Homestead and 3rd place at Phoenix) in a
Zippo Lighter Mustang.
Personal: Married to Dr. Natasha with 3 1/2 year old son Harrison. A 1988 Porsche 911 Targa is Solomonís
daily driver. He lists Entourage as his favorite TV show, Dale Earnhardt and Curtis Turner as his racing
heroes. Has acted in 20 movies and produced seven. Directed/co-wrote two movies. Hobbies include tennis, scuba, shaolin kung fu and gi gong. On the board of directors of the Cowboy Bank and the Dallas
International Film Festival.
2010: Touring Car Drivers’ Champion and Rookie of the Year. Won five races last
season and finished in the top three nine times.
Previously: Began racing karts in 2006, finishing fifth in the series at New Castle
Motorsports Park in a field that included young stand-outs Conor Daly and Joseph
Newgarden. Competed in Stars of Karting in 2007, and also began racing sports
cars. Won a number of club races in 2009.
Personal: Born March 2, 1992. Names Miller Motorsports Park as his favorite track, and Alex Zanardi as
his racing hero. Robert enjoys pizza, and names Nitro Circus as his favorite television program.
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ROBERT STOUT
RAH-burt Stout
Brownsburg, Ind.
Age: 19
KARL THOMSON
KARL TOM-son
Toronto, Ontario
Age: 43
2010: Third in Canadian Touring Car Championship with four race wins and
seven podiums.
Previous: Began racing in 2003, winning Ontario GT Sprints Championship and
Canadian Touring Car Rookie of the Year. Moved to Grand-Am Cup in 2004, taking first series win in 2005 season finale. Was second in Driver’s Championship
in 2007, winning Manufacturer’s Championship for Acura.
Personal: Born May 1st, 1967. Married with two children. Managing Partner at
Compass360, a branding communications firm offering marketing expertise to clients in diverse industries
across North America. Started the Compass360 Racing (C360R) business unit in 2004, and with support
from Honda Performance Development (HPD) fields four front-running Civic Si’s in Grand-Am’s Continental
Tire Sports Car Challenge, winning series Championships in 2010, 2009 and 2007. 2011 marks the
team’s first season in World Challenge. Karl drives a Porsche 911 on the street, loves electronic music,
enjoys summers at the cottage and snowboarding in winter.
David Tuaty
DAY-vid TOO-a-ty
Lima, Peru
Age: 39
2010: Entered Rounds 8, and 9 at Mid-Ohio and 11 at VIR in Touring Car in a
Honda Civic Si and finished 14th, 4th and 8th respectively.
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Previously: First race was a SCCA Club Race at Moroso Speedway in 1994 –
placed 3rd in a VW Rabbit GTi. Fourteen years racing in SCCA, FARA, PBOC ñ
1994 to present. Eight years racing in Grand Am Road Racing ñ 2001-2008.
2010 SCCA Enduro Driver and Team Champion. 2009 SCCA ITR Champion,
2009 FARA Champion. Winner – 2007 Koni Challenge Iowa Speedway; 2005
Daytona 200 Grand Am Cup winner; 2006 Laguna Seca Koni Challenge 3rd
place; 2006 Barber Motorsport Park 3rd place; 2001 Grand Am podiums at Phoenix, and Watkins Glen.
Personal: Married, born December 18, 1971 with three children (Garrett 11, Paul 8, Dylan nine months).
Drives a BMW M3 on the street and lists Sushi as his favorite food and Criminal Minds as his favorite TV
show. His first job was at Publix and lists Randy Pobst as his favorite driver and Daytona as his favorite
track.
Chris Waterman
krihs Wah-ter-man
Boulder, CO
Age: 20
Previously: First race was a Quarter Midgets race in Pueblo, Colorado in 1998
(1st place finish). Lists the following experience: Quarter Midgets: 1998-2003;
SKUSA Shifter Karts: 2003-2007; SCCA (D Sport Racer): 2007-2008; SCCA
(Formula 1000): 2008-2010; Formula 1000 Championship Series: 2008-2010
Lists the following milestones: 10 Quarter Midget Regional Championships; over
100 main event wins in Quarter Midgets; SKUSA (Super Karts USA) National
Number 3 ranking; Red Bull Driver’s Search SKUSA selected representative; Two
Formula 1000 Rocky Mountain Division National Championships; 5th and 8th
place in the Formula 1000 National Championship Series
Personal: Born May 7, 1990. List a Honda Accord as his daily driver, Crème Brulee as his favorite food,
Top Gear and Jersey Shore as his favorite TV shows, Jenson Button, Kenny Brack, and Juan Pablo Montoya
as his favorite drivers. His first job was at Target and his favorite track is Watkins Glen.
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SONNY WHELEN
SUN-ee WEEL-in
Old Saybrook, Conn.
Age: 56
Career Highlights: 2005 SPEED GT Rookie of the Year.
Previously: First race came at Willow Springs (Calif.) in 2002 in the Viper Racing
League, where he earned an eighth-place finish in a Dodge Viper GT-5. Also ran
in the Panoz GT series while running VRL. Was named VRL Rookie of the Year in
2002. Won VRL GT-1 championship in 2003 and 2004. Has also competed in
NASCAR Busch North competition. In 2004, ran in three SPEED GT events during rookie season. Highest finish was 14th at Lime Rock Park after a career-best
qualifier (14th). In 2005 won the SPPED GT Rookie of the Year after running in 11 events and earning
the first top-10 of his career (ninth at Mosport). Finished 12th overall in the GT Drivers’ Championship.
Started 2006 season strong with a career-high seventh place finish at Sebring in his Chevrolet Corvette C6.
Finished the year with four top-15 finishes. In 2007, scored three top-10 finishes in Chevrolet Corvette
and tied his career-best finish of seventh at Watkins Glen. Driving a Whelen Engineering Chevrolet Corvette
in 2008, finished in the top 15 at Long Beach, Watkins Glen, Mosport, Detroit and New Jersey Motorsports
Park. In 2009, earned six top-ten finishes in a Chevrolet Corvette on his way to a career-best eighth-place
championship appearance.
Personal: Born June 2, 1953. Lists chicken marsala as favorite meal. Listens to Rock and Blues. Says
Mark Donohue and Paul Newman are his racing heroes and Road America is his favorite track. Family
includes wife, KC, and sons George and James.
YearClass
2004
GT
2005
GT
2006
GT
2007
GT
2008
GT
2009
GT
TotalsWC
StartsWins
3
0
11
0
10
0
9
0
10
0
10
0
53
0
Top-5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Top-10
0
1
1
3
0
6
11
Pts. Fin. (T10)
-
8
8
2010: Entered Rounds 8 and 9 at Mid-Ohio in a Ford Mustang and finished 9th
and 6th in GTS. Entered the season finale at Miller Motorsports Park and was on
the podium in GTS finishing 3rd.
Previously: Entered in Mustang Challenge from 2008-2010 and NASA American
Iron from 2008 to present. Received the 2008 Sunoco Setting the Standard
Award (Mustang Challenge). Finished top 10 in 2010 Mustang Challenge.
Personal: Married to Kelli, born in 1958, and has six children. Drives a 2010
Shelby GT 500 on the street and lists How Itís Made as his favorite TV show. Bob Glidden is his racing
hero and Watkins Glen his favorite track.
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George Winkler
jawrj Weenk-ler
Maryland
Age: 53
KUNO WITTMER
KOO-no WIT-mer
Quebec, Canada
Age: 28
2010: Finished second in the GT Drivers’ Championship and won two races (Long
Beach and Miller).
Previous: Seven years racing experience in both open-wheel and sportscars, earning two Canadian championships, 14 victories, 32 podiums and 68 top tens.
2005 Canada Honda/Michelin Challenge Champion. Started in eight rounds of
2006 SPEED Touring Car season in a Mercedes C230, collecting three top-10
finishes. Best finish was ninth at Grand Prix of Denver. Driving Acura RSX in
2007 with RealTime racing, scored six top-five finishes and earned his career-first pole at the Grand Prix
of Toronto. Earned first podium in series finale at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca where he finished second.
Ended the year third in the Drivers’ Championship. Never finished outside the top 10 in 2008, driving
a RealTime Acura TSX. Made five podium appearances, including his first World Challenge win at VIR,
followed by wins at Lime Rock Park and Mid-Ohio. Nearly won the 2008 Drivers’ Championship on the
final lap at Road Atlanta, but could not complete pass on team owner Cunningham. In 2009, finished
sixth in Touring Car driving an Acura TSX. Earned his fourth World Challenge win at Mosport. Grabbed
eight top-10 finishes.
Personal: Born Sept. 6, 1982. Drives a Honda Accord Coupe on the street. Enjoys Italian, French,
American and Japanese food. Favorite TV shows are Family Guy and Seinfeld. First job was detailing cars.
Lists Montreal, Mt. Tremblant and Mosport as his favorite tracks. Nigel Mansel, Michael Schumacher and
Ayrton Senna are his racing heroes.
YearClass
2006
TC
2007
TC
2008
TC
2009
TC
2010 GT
Totals
StartsWins
8
0
10
0
10
3
10
1
12
2
50
6
Top-5
0
6
8
3
8
25
Top-10
3
9
10
8
11
41
Pts. Fin. (T10)
3
3
6
2
2
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WILLIAM ZIEGLER
WIL-yum ZEEG-lur
Ponte Verda Beach, Fla.
Age: 55
Career Highlights: 2009 World Challenge GT Rookie of the Year
2010: Finished 12th in GT Drivers’ Championship.
Previously: After getting started with the BMW Car Club of America in 1998,
began SCCA Club Racing in 2000. Was the 2007 June Sprints Touring 2 winner
and 2007 SCCA Runoffs silver medalist in T2. Set fastest lap of the T2 2008
National Championship race in 2008. In 2009, finished 10th in the World
Challenge GT Championship, earning Rookie of the Year. Recorded two top-10 finishes with a season best
finish of eighth at Sebring.
Personal: Born May 17, 1955. Drives a 2008 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 on the street. Is married to Jackie.
First job was painting houses. Enjoys kobe beef and the TV show 24. Favorite track is Lime Rock Park.
Tom Kristensen and Hans Stuck are his racing heroes.
YearClass
2009
GT
2010 GT
Totals
120
StartsWins
10
0
12
0
22
0
Top-5
0
0
0
Top-10
2
4
6
Pts. Fin. (T10)
10
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THE CARS
CADILLAC CTS-V Coupe
Class: GT
Year Models Eligible: 2011
Vehicle Type: Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive, coupe
Engine Layout: V-8, aluminum block and heads
Displacement: 6200cc
Valves: 16
Compression: 12.0:1
Induction: Naturally aspirated
Maximum Boost: N.A.
Maximum Engine Speed: 7000 rpm
Horsepower: 460 bhp
Torque: 435 lb-ft.
Wheelbase: 113.4”
Base Weight (pre-season): 3200 lbs
Wheel Size (F-R): 11x18” - 13x18”
Tire Size (F/R): 305/645/18” – 315/675/18”
Forward Gears: 6
Differential: Limited Slip
Restrictor: Sonic restrictor size tba
The Cars
Other modifications: 0.5 mm (.020 in) overbore permitted. Alternate approved camshaft, crankshaft
and heads permitted through GM Motorsports. Approved alternate body panels, hood and doors
permitted. Transmission tunnel alterations permitted to accommodate ride height. Engine may be
moved eight inches rearward from V-6 location and 1.5 inches downward.
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CHEVROLET CORVETTE C6
Class: GT
Year Models Eligible: 2005 –
Vehicle Type: Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive, two-door coupe
Displacement: 6026cc (368 ci)
Valves: 16
Compression: 12.0:1
Maximum Boost: N.A.
Horsepower: 520 bhp
Torque: 465 lb-ft.
Wheelbase: 105.7”
Wheel Size (F-R): 11x18” - 13x18”
Tire Size (F/R): 275/645/18” - 315/675/18”
Forward Gears: 6
Restrictor: 30 percent w/ close ratio H-pattern, 35 percent with aftermarket sequential
Other modifications: 0.5 mm (0.020 in) overbore permitted. Alternate approved camshaft, crankshaft and heads permitted through GM Motorsports. Alternate suspension pieces permitted providing they are same dimensions as stock. Alternate approved bodywork permitted. Sequential transmission permitted.
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DODGE VIPER
(COMPETITION COUPE)
Class: GT
Year Models Eligible: 2003–2007, ACRX 2010
Vehicle Type: Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive, two-door coupe
Displacement: 8284 cc (506 ci)
Valves: 20
Compression: 10.0:1
Maximum Boost: N.A.
Horsepower: 525 bhp
Torque: 565 lb-ft.
Wheelbase: 99.0”
Wheel Size (F-R): 11x18” - 13x18”
Tire Size (F/R): 305/645/18” – 315/675/18”
Forward Gears: 6
Restrictor: 20 percent
The Cars
Other modifications: Unless specifically stated in the SCCA Pro Racing VTS, cars must remain as
delivered from Dodge Motorsports. Engine uses stock internals. Also uses stock intake manifold.
Aftermarket headers are permitted.
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FERRARI 430
Class: GT
Year Models Eligible: 2004–2009
Vehicle Type: Mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive, two-door coupe
Engine Layout: V-8, Aluminum block and heads
Displacement: 4.3L (263 ci)
Valves: 32
Compression: 12.5/1
Induction: Normally aspirated
Maximum Boost: NA
Maximum Engine Speed: 9,000 rpm
Horsepower: 483 hp
Torque: 343ftlbs
Wheelbase: 102.4”
Wheel Size (F-R): tba
Tire Size (F-R): tba
Forward Gears: 6
Differential: 4.3
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NISSAN GT-R
Class: GT
Vehicle Type: Front-engine, all-wheel-drive, two-door coupe
Engine Layout: V-6, Aluminum block and heads
Valves: 24
Compression: 9.0:1
Induction: Turbocharged
Maximum Boost: 1200 mbar (17 psi)
Horsepower: 550 hp
Torque: TBD
The Cars
Wheelbase: TBD
Wheel Size (F-R): 12x18” - 12x18”
Tire Size (F-R): 315/675/18” – 315/675/18”
Forward Gears: 6
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PORSCHE 911 GT3 CUP (997)
Class: GT
Vehicle Type: Rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive, two-doorn coupe
Engine Layout: Flat 6, aluminum block and heads
Displacement: 3797 cc (231.6 ci)
Valves: 24
Compression: 13.7:1
Maximum Boost: N.A.
Horsepower: 460 bhp
Torque: 303 lb-ft.
Wheelbase: 92.5”
Base Weight (pre-season): 2820
Wheel Size (F-R)(max.): 10.5x18” - 12x18”
Tire Size (F-R): 275/645/18” – 315/675/18”
Forward Gears: 6
Differential: Type: Limited Slip
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VOLVO S60
Class: GT
Years Eligible: 2011
Vehicle Type: Front-engine, all-wheel-drive, four-door sedan
Engine Layout: Inline 5, aluminum block and head
Displacement: 2500 cc (153 ci)
Valves: 20
Compression: 9.2:1
Induction: Turbocharged
Maximum Boost: 1800 mbar (26.1 psi)
Horsepower: 520 bhp
Torque: 450 lb-ft.
Wheelbase: 101.3”
Wheel Size (F-R): 12x18” - 12x18”
Tire Size (F/R): 315/675/18” – 315/675/18”
Forward Gears: 6
Differential: Type: 3 limited slip differentials
Weight Dist. Limit: 58/42
The Cars
Other modifications: Approved alternate sub-frames pick-up point locations and suspension pieces
may be used. Approved alternate material body panels permitted. Alternate engine internals, turbo
and manifolds are used. An Xtrac H-pattern dog ring gearbox is used.
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ACURA TSX
Class: GTS
Years Eligible: 2003–2010
Vehicle Type: Front-engine, front-wheel-drive, four-door sedan
Engine Layout: Inline 4, aluminum block and head
Valves: 16
Compression: 12.5:1
Maximum Boost: N.A.
Horsepower: 300 bhp
Torque: 200 lb-ft.
Wheelbase: 102.8”
Wheel Size: 8x17”
Tire Size: 245/620/17
Forward Gears: 6
Restrictor: 0%
Other modifications: Xtrac sequential transmission may be used, (for the last year). Alternate front
control arms are permitted. Adjustable rear upper control links are also permitted.
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BMW 328i (E90)
Class: GTS
Years Eligible: 2006 –
Vehicle Type: Front-engine, rear-wheel drive, two or four-door sedan
Engine Layout: Inline 6, aluminum/magnesium block, aluminum head.
Valves: 24
Compression: 11:1
Induction: Naturally Aspirated
Maximum Boost: N.A.
Horsepower (Estimated): 300 bhp
Torque (Estimated): 245 lb-ft.
Wheelbase: 106.3”
Wheel Size: 8x17”
Tire Size: 245/620/17
Forward Gears: 5
Differential: Limited Slip.
The Cars
Other modifications: Suspension arms and links may be replaced with alternate, adjustable links.
The 330i 3.0 liter engine may also be used, with substantially fewer modifications and similar
power output to the 2.5 liter engine. The 3.0-liter car would run in Touring Car.
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CHEVROLET CAMARO
Class: GTS
Years Eligible: 2010–2011
Vehicle Type: Front-engine, rear-wheel drive, two-door coupe
Engine Layout: V-8, aluminum block, aluminum head.
Displacement: 6162cc
Valves: 24
Compression: 10.7:1
Maximum Boost: N.A.
Wheelbase: 101.1”
Wheel Size: 10x18
Tire Size: 305/645/18
Forward Gears: 5
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FORD MUSTANG Boss 302S
Class: GTS
Displacement: 5.0 L
Valves: 32
Compression: 10.7:1
Maximum Boost: N.A.
The Cars
Wheelbase: 108”
Wheel Size: 10x18
Tire Size: 305/645/18
Forward Gears: 6
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FORD MUSTANG FR500
Class: GTS
Displacement: 5.0 L
Valves: 32
Compression: 10.7:1
Maximum Boost: N.A.
Wheelbase: 108”
Base Weight (pre-season): 3300 - 3400
Wheel Size: 10x18
Tire Size: 305/645/18
Forward Gears: 6
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HONDA S2000
Class: GTS
Vehicle Type: Front-engine, front-wheel drive, two-door coupe
Engine Layout: Inline 4, Aluminum block and heads
Displacement: 2.2L
Valves: 16
Compression: 11.1:1
Maximum Boost: Not Applicable
Horsepower: 270 hp
Torque: 180 ft-lbs
The Cars
Wheelbase: 94.5 in
Wheel Size: 9x18 10x18
Tire Size: 245/620/18 275/645/18kl
Forward Gears: 6
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MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO
Class: GTS
Vehicle Type: front-engine, all-wheel-drive, sedan
Engine Layout: In-Line 4 cylinder, iron block, Aluminum heads
Displacement: 2.0L
Valves: 16
Compression: 8.8:1
Induction: Turbocharger
Maximum Boost: 21 psi
Horsepower: estimate 400 hp
Torque: estimate 320 ft-lbs
Wheelbase: 103.3 in
Base Weight: 3200 lbs
Wheel Size: 9.5 x 18
Tire Size: 275/645/18
Forward Gears: 6
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PORSCHE CAYMAN S
Class: GTS
Vehicle Type: Mid-engine, rear-wheel drive, two-door coupe
Engine Layout: Flat 6, Aluminum block and heads
Displacement: 3387
Valves: 24
Compression: 12.0:1
Horsepower: 320 hp
Torque: 273 ft-lbs
Wheelbase: 95.1 in
Base Weight: 2900 lbs
Wheel Size 9x18 11x18
Tire Size 245/645/18 305/645/18
The Cars
Forward Gears: 6
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AUDI TT
Class: Touring Car
Vehicle Type: Front-engine, all-wheel-drive, two-door coupe
Engine Layout: Inline 4, Iron block and Aluminum heads
Valves: 20
Compression: 9.0:1
Maximum Boost: N/A
Horsepower: estimate 260 bhp
Torque: estimate 220 lb-ft.
Wheelbase: 95.3”
Wheel Size 8x17”
Tire Size 245/620/17”
Forward Gears: 6
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CHEVROLET COBALT SS
Class: Touring Car
Vehicle Type: Front-engine, front-wheel-drive, four-door sedan.
Engine Layout: Inline 4, Aluminum block and heads.
Valves: 16
Compression: 9.5:1
Induction: Supercharged or Turbocharged
Maximum Engine Speed: 7500 (supercharged) or 6700 (turbocharged)
Horsepower: 250 hp
Torque: 200 ft-lbs
Wheelbase: 102.8 in
Base Weight (pre-season): 2800 lbs (supercharged) or 3000 lbs (turbocharged)
Wheel Size (F-R): 8x17” - 8x17”
Tire Size (F-R): 235/40/18” - 235/40/18”
Forward Gears: 6
The Cars
Other modifications: GM Stage 2 Performance Kit permitted for supercharged engine.
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HONDA CIVIC SI
Class: Touring Car
Vehicle Type: Front-engine, front-wheel-drive, two-door hatchback
Valves: 16
Compression: 11.7:1
Maximum Boost: N/A
Horsepower: estimate 250 bhp
Torque: estimate 170 lb-ft.
Wheelbase: 106.3 “
Tire Size (F-R): 245/620/17”
Forward Gears: 6
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HONDA CIVIC SI
Class: Touring Car
Vehicle Type: Front-engine, front-wheel-drive, two-door hatchback
Valves: 16
Compression: 11.0:1
Maximum Boost: N/A
Horsepower: 250 bhp
Torque: 200 lb-ft.
The Cars
Wheelbase: 101.4 “
Tire Size (F-R): 245/620/17”
Forward Gears: 6
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MAZDA RX-8
Class: Touring Car
Vehicle Type: Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive, four-door coupe
Engine Layout: 2 Rotor Wankel
Displacement: 1308cc (79.8 ci)
Valves: 0
Compression: 10.0:1
Horsepower: 250 hp
Torque: 150 ft-lbs
Wheelbase: 106.4 in
Tire Size (F-R): 245/620x17 – 245/620x17
Forward Gears: 6
Other modifications: Racing exhaust header, clutch and flywheel permitted. MAZDASPEED body
panels permitted.
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SCION tC
Class: Touring Car
Vehicle Type: Front-engine, front-wheel-drive, two-door coupe
Engine Layout: Inline 4, Aluminum block and head
Valves: 16
Compression: 9.8:1
Induction: Supercharged
Horsepower: 250 hp
Torque: 200 ft-lbs
Wheelbase: 106.3
Tire Size (F-R): 245/620/17” – 245/620/17”
Forward Gears: 5
The Cars
Other modifications: TRD Supercharger permitted. Racing exhaust header permitted.
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VOLKSWAGEN GTI
Class: Touring Car
Engine Layout: Inline 4, Iron block and Aluminum head
Valves: 16
Compression: 10.5:1
Induction: tubocharged
Wheelbase: 101.6
Tire Size (F-R): 245/620/17 - 245/620/17
Forward Gears: 6
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VOLKSWAGEN JETTA GLI
Class: Touring Car
Engine Layout: Inline 4, Aluminum block and head
Valves: 16
Compression: 10.5:1
The Cars
Wheelbase: 101.6
Tire Size (F-R): 245/620/17 - 245/620/17
Forward Gears: 6
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VOLVO C30
Class: Touring Car
Engine Layout: Inline 5, Iron block and Aluminum head
Displacement: 2.5 L
Valves: 20
Compression: 9.0:1
Maximum Boost: TBD
Wheelbase: 103.9
Wheel Size: 8x17
Tire Size: 245/620/17
Forward Gears: 6
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Notes
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RECORDS
The Records
Career Performance Charts
Starts (26+ Races):
1
Peter Cunningham
2
Michael Galati
3
Pierre Kleinubing
4
James Sofronas
5
Lou Gigliotti
Randy Pobst
7
Taz Harvey
8
Andy Pilgrim
9
Charles Espenlaub
10 Tony Gaples
11 Jeff Altenburg
12 Nick Esayian
13 Eric Curran
14 David Rosenblum
15 Dino Crescentini
16 James Clay
17 Fred Meyer
18 Mike Fitzgerald
19 Bill Cooper
20 Seth Thomas
Will Turner
22 Boris Said
Chip Herr
Brandon Davis
25 Tommy Archer
Chuck Hemmingson
27 Phil McClure
28 Michael McCann
Sonny Whelen
John Heinricy
31 Jeff Courtney
32 Kuno Wittmer
33 Shauna Marinus
Walter Swick
35 Paul Brown
36 Terry Borcheller
Jim Osborn
38 David Farmer
Dave Jolly
40 Alain Chebeir
Alfred DuPont
Kermit Upton
Tim Wiens
44 Bobby Archer
Derek Bell
John Bourassa
Neil Hannemann
48 Fred Pignataro
49 Justin Marks
50 Bill Auberlen
Hugh Plumb
52 Ken Dobson
Ron Emmick
Jeff McMillin
Hugh Stewart
Johannes Van Overbeek
57 Jason Daskalos Albert Mirko
Jon Prall
Charlie Putman
148
195
149
131
121
108
101
96
91
80
79
77
76
70
66
65
64
62
61
60
59
59
59
58
54
53
52
50
49
47
46
45
44
43
42
41
39
38
36
62
65
69
71
75
79
84
87
89
95
Thomas Safar II
Chris Neville
35
Phil Parlato
Robert Stretch
Willy Lewis
34
Manny Matz
Peter Schwartzott
Michael Sturm
Roger Foo
33
Matt Richmond
Norris Rancourt
32
Neal Sapp
R.K. Smith
Bob Woodhouse
Rob Fellows
31
Robert “Rob” Foster
Grant Lockwood
Scotty B. White
Leo Capaldi
30
Stuart Hayner
Bob Miller
Leighton Reese
Kevin Shrantz
Scott Bradley
29
Robb Holland
Ritch Marziale
Mike Davis
28
Jim Minneker
Paul Booher
27
Doc Bundy
Reese Cox
Mark Dixon
Walter Markes
David Schardt
Jimmy Adams
26
Steve Lisa
Career Wins:
1
Peter Cunningham
2
Pierre Kleinubing
3
Randy Pobst
4
Michael Galati
5
Lou Gigliotti
6
Bill Auberlen
7
Tommy Archer
Neil Hannemann
Andy Pilgrim
R.K. Smith
11 Terry Borcheller
12 Bobby Archer
Ron Emmick
Dave Jolly
Kermit Upton
16 Bill Cooper
Eric Curran
Chip Herr
John Heinricy
David Murry
21 Paul Booher
Mike Fitzgerald
Willy Lewis
40
29
26
23
22
14
10
9
8
7
6
Kuno Wittmer
Elliott Forbes-Robinson
5
Ron Fellows
Peter Kitchak
Norris Rancourt
Neal Sapp
Bill Saunders
Robert Stout
Jeff Altenburg
4
Doc Bundy
Price Cobb
Brandon Davis
Chuck Hemminson
Wolf Henzler
Hugh Plumb
Jason Saini
Peter Schwartzott
James Sofronas
Lance Stewart
Mitch Wright
Max Angelelli
3
Todd Buras
Almo Coppelli
Dino Crescentini
Shawn Hendricks
Shane Lewis
Seth Thomas
Will Turner
Lawson Aschenbach
2
Kim Baker
Maruo Baldi
Paul Bonaccorsi
Bobby Carradine
Alain Chebeir
Jim Dentici
Charles Downes
Ryan Eversley
Rob Fellows
Stuart Hayner
Don Knowles
Scott Lagasse
Ron Lauzon
Phil McClure
Max Papis
Matt Plumb
Vic Rice
Tony Rivera
Boris Said
Richard Spenard
Greg Theiss
Olimpio Alencar, Jr.
1
John Angelone
Mark Behm
Jack Benedict
Tom Benua
Tommy Clark
James Clay
Jason Daskalos
Ken Dobson
Alfred DuPont
David Empringham
Bob Endicott
Charles Espenlaub
Nick Esayian
David Farmer
Roger Foo
Doug Goad
Bill Gray
John Green
Joey Hand
Peter Hanson
Taz Harvey
Brad Hoyt
Ricardo Imery
Niclas Jonsson
Marc Kirberg
Ray Kong
Paul Lambert
David Lapham
Bo Lemler
Robin Liddell
Michael McCann
Tyler McQuarrie
Jim Minneker
Paul Mumford
Chris Neville
Adam Pecorari
John Petrick
Steve Pfeffer
Leighton Reese
Rob Rizzo
Don Salama
Steve Saleen
Kevin Schrantz
Kristian Skavnes
Martin Snow
Melanie Snow
Beaver Theodosakis
Joe Varde
Ken Wallace, Jr.
Scotty B. White
Chris Wiehle
Ken Wilden
Nick Wittmer
John Young
Fastest Qualifier:
1
Peter Cunningham
42
2
Pierre Kleinubing
36
3
Randy Pobst
34
4
Lou Gigliotti
26
5
Michael Galati
23
6
Bill Auberlen
13
Bill Cooper
8
Terry Borcheller
10
9
9
Tommy Archer
10 Ron Emmick
8
Dave Jolly
12 Price Cobb
7
Chip Herr
14 Brandon Davis
6
Shawn Hendricks
16 Bobby Archer
5
Doc Bundy
Mike Fitzgerald
149
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25
32
44
53
75
The Records
25
38
45
61
150
Wolf Henzler
Shane Lewis
Andy Pilgrim
Norris Rancourt
Bill Saunders
R.K. Smith
Jeff Altenburg
4
Max Angelelli
Kim Baker
Paul Booher
Eric Curran
Charles Espenlaub
Peter Kitchak
Scott Lagasse
Leighton Reese
Jason Saini
James Sofronas
Kermit Upton
Jim Dentici
3
Ron Fellows
Elliot Forbes-Robinson
Neil Hannemann
Neal Sapp
Will Turner
Kuno Wittmer
Todd Buras
2
Alfred DuPont
Rob Fellows
Eric Foss
Mark Hein
Paul Lambert
Phil McClure
Tyler McQuarrie
Hugh Plumb
Matt Plumb
Vic Rice
Rob Rizzo
Boris Said
Joe Varde
Nick Wittmer
Makoto Yamamura
Lawson Aschenbach
1
Scott Bradley
Klaus Bytzek
Alain Chebeir
James Clay
Almo Coppelli
Dino Crescentini
Rick Dilorio
Ken Dobson
Taz Harvey
Taylor Hacquard
Stuart Hayner
John Heinricy
Chuck Hemmingson
Ricardo Imery
Davy Jones
Niclas Jonsson
Marc Kirberg
David Lapham
Dave Lemon
David Leslie
Shauna Marinus
Eric Meyer
Tommy Milner
Albert Mirko
Keith Mitchell
David Murry
Max Papis
Adam Pecorari
Doug Peterson
Peter Schwartzott
Martin Snow
Richard Spenard
Lance Stewart
Robert Stout
Bob Stretch
Bob Thomas
Seth Thomas
Mark Wolocatiuk
Career Fastest Race Laps:
1
Peter Cunningham
24
2
Randy Pobst
22
3
Pierre Kleinubing
18
4
Michael Galati
17
5
Bill Auberlen
16
6
Terry Borcheller
13
7
Lou Gigliotti
10
8
Peter Kitchak
8
John Heinricy
Andy Pilgrim
11 Mike Fitzgerald
7
Seth Thomas
Will Turner 14 Doc Bundy
5
Price Cobb
Eric Curran
Alfred DuPont
Charles Espenlaub
Wolf Henzler
R.K. Smith
Kermit Upton III
22 Ken Dobson
4
Ron Fellows
Shawn Hendricks
Rob Rizzo
26 Max Angelelli
3
Kim Baker
Paul Booher
Todd Buras
James Clay
Bill Cooper
Brandon Davis
Neil Hannemann
Chuck Hemmingson
Chip Herr
Scott Lagasse
Willy Lewis
Phil McClure
David Murry
Tony Rivera
Martin Snow
Johannes van Overbeek
Kuno Wittmer
44 Jeff Altenburg
2
Bobby Archer
Tommy Archer
Almo Coppelli
Ron Emmick
David Farmer
Nic Jonnson
Chris Neville
Hugh Plumb
Leighton Reese
Steve Saleen
Neal Sapp
Peter Schwarzott
Kristian Skavnes
Mike Skeen
Robert Stout
Bob Stretch
Dennis Aase
1
Jimmy Adams
John Angelone
Andrew Aquilante
Mauro Baldi
George Biskup
Glenn Boros
Alain Chebeir
Jeff Courtney
Dino Crescentini
Ben Crosland
Jim Daniels
Charlie Downes
Bob Endicott
Ryan Eversley
Rob Fellows
Roger Foo
Eric Foss
Taylor Hacquard
Joey Hand
Taz Harvey
Robb Holland
Ron Johnson
Marc Kirberg
David Leslie
Tom Lepper
Shane Lewis
Robin Liddell
Jim Lovett
Alexander Lvov
Terry McCarthy
Tyler McQuarrie
Eric Meyer
Tommy Milner
Max Papis
Steve Pfeffer
Walter Puckett
Dick Read
Matt Richmond
Boris Said
Jason Saini
Bobby Sak
Victor Sifton
James Sofronas
Richard Spenard
Lance Stewart
Hans Stuck
Joe Varde
Nick Wittmer
John Young
Top-Three finishes: (10+):
1
Peter Cunningham
97
2
Pierre Kleinubing
77
3
Randy Pobst
61
4
Michael Galati
57
5
Lou Gigliotti
49
6
Andy Pilgrim
37
7
Neil Hannemann
30
8
Bill Cooper
26
9
Tommy Archer
25
10 Terry Borcheller
23
John Heinricy
12 Bobby Archer
22
Bill Auberlen
R.K. Smith
15 Jeff Altenburg
21
Dave Jolly
17 Eric Curran
20
Taz Harvey
Willy Lewis
20 Brandon Davis
19
21 Ron Emmick
18
Norris Rancourt
23 James Sofronas
17
Kermit Upton
16
26 Mike Fitzgerald
15
Hugh Plumb
28 Paul Booher
13
Boris Said
30 Neal Sapp
12
31 Shawn Hendricks
11
32 Lawson Aschenbach
10
Doc Bundy
Nick Esayian
Elliott Forbes-Robinson
Chuck Hemmingson
Chip Herr
Will Turner
Top-Five Finishes (10+):
1
Peter Cunningham
131
2
Pierre Kleinubing
96
3
Michael Galati
84
4
Randy Pobst
75
5
Andy Pilgrim
58
6
Lou Gigliotti
57
7
Taz Harvey
47
8
Jeff Altenburg
36
35
9
Tommy Archer
10 Bill Cooper
34
11 Neil Hannemann
33
James Sofronas
13 Eric Curran
31
Kermit Upton
15 Bill Auberlen
29
Dave Jolly
17 Terry Borcheller
28
John Heinricy
19 Bobby Archer
27
151
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61
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22
27
29
30
34
37
38
39
40
42
45
50
58
Boris Said
R.K. Smith
Brandon Davis
25
Mike Fitzgerald
Willy Lewis
Kuno Wittmer
Norris Rancourt
Chuck Hemmingson
24
Ron Emmick
Chip Herr
22
Charles Espenlaub
21
Hugh Plumb
Jeff McMillin
20
Phil McClure
18
Jim Minneker
Will Turner
Paul Booher
17
Nick Esayian
16
Shawn Hendricks
15
Doc Bundy
14
Peter Schwartzott
Paul Armstrong
13
Dino Crescentini
Mitch Wright
Lawson Aschenbach
12
Alfred DuPont
Elliot Forbes-Robinson
Chris Neville
Neal Sapp
Max Angelelli
11
Ken Dobson Justin Marks
Michael McCann
Walter Puckett
Jason Saini
David Schardt
Robert Stout
Bobby Carradine
10
Alain Chebeir
James Clay
Steve Dinan
Ron Fellows
Peter Kitchak
David Murry
Jochen Rohr
Seth Thomas
Top-10 Finishes (15+):
1
Peter Cunningham
166
2
Pierre Kleinubing
109
3
Michael Galati
107
4
Randy Pobst
93
5
Andy Pilgrim
84
6
Lou Gigliotti
74
Taz Harvey
70
7
James Sofronas
9
Jeff Altenburg
52
10 Tommy Archer
49
11 Eric Curran
47
12 Will Turner
44
13 Bill Cooper
43
John Heinricy
152
15
17 19
21
22
27
29
30
31
35
38
41
44
46
47
48
49
50
52
56
60
66
69
74
77
Mike Fitzgerald
42
Charles Espenlaub
Brandon Davis
41
Kuno Wittmer
Chuck Hemmingson
40
Kermit Upton
Dino Crescentini
38
Bill Auberlen
36
Nick Esayian
Neil Hannemann
Dave Jolly
Boris Said
Bobby Archer
35
Terry Borcheller
Tony Gaples
33
Chris Neville
32
Chip Herr
31
Phil McClure
Hugh Plumb
R.K. Smith
Willy Lewis
30
Seth Thomas
Jeff Courtney
29
Michael McCann
Jeff McMillin
Ron Emmick
28
Norris Rancourt
David Rosenblum
Alain Chebeir
27
Justin Marks
James Clay
26
Jim Minneker
25
Doc Bundy
24
Ken Dobson
23
David Farmer
22
John Schneider
Lawson Aschenbach
21
Paul Booher
Alfred DuPont
Shauna Marinus
Paul Brown
20
Jason Daskalos
Michael Sturm
Tim Wiens
Paul Armstrong
19
Rob Fellows
Shawn Hendricks
Jason Saini
Neal Sapp
Peter Schwartzott
Leighton Reese
18
Thomas Safar II
Steve Saleen
Derek Bell
17
Reese Cox
Steve Dinan
Justin Jackson
Mitch Wright
Albert Mirko
16
David Schardt
Kevin Schrantz
Jimmy Adams
15
Niclas Jonsson
Peter Kitchak
Matt Plumb
Walter Puckett
Robert Stretch
Peter Kitchak
Matt Plumb
Walter Puckett
Robert Stretch
Career Driver Records
Most Races
195, Peter Cunningham
Overall Fastest Qualifying Speed
119.620 mph, Rob Rizzo, Watkins Glen, 1996
Driver Class Victories
Career: 40, Peter Cunningham
Season: 8, Peter Cunningham (2010)
Overall Fastest Race Lap
116.440 mph, Martin Snow, Watkins Glen, 1996
Winning Percentage
Career: 37.8%, Bill Auberlen (14 of 37)
20+ starts
Season: 75.0%, Lou Gigliotti, (6-8) - 5+ starts
Top-Three Class Finishes
Season: 10, Peter Cunningham, 2010, GTS
Top-Three Class Finishing Percentage
Career: 69.77%, Neil Hannemann (30 of 43)
20+ starts
Top-Five Class Finishes
Top-Five Class Finishing Percentage
Career: 84.4%, R.K. Smith (27-32)
20+ starts
Season: 100%, by 18 drivers
Top-10 Class Finishes
Top-10 Class Finishing Percentage
Career: 96.9%, R.K. Smith (31 of 32)
20+ starts
Season: 100%, by 47 drivers
Overall Fastest Winner’s Speed
112.435 mph, Martin Snow, Watkins Glen, 1996
Overall Closest Margin of Victory
GT - 0.031-sec., Randy Pobst over Ricardo Imery,
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, 2006
TC - 0.005-sec., Brandon Davis over Eric Curran,
Denver, 2006
Overall Widest Margin of Victory
Seven laps, Neil Hannemann, Mosport Park,
1991
In single-class sprint format:
1:32.418, Michael Galati, Mosport, 2006
Overall Longest Race (time)
24:02:36.06, 2028.68 miles, Mosport Park,
1990.
Winners: Andy Pilgrim, John Heinricy, Don
Knowles, Stu Hayner
Overall Shortest Race (time)
40:11.07, 62.73 miles, Lime Rock Park, 1996.
Winner: Boris Said
Most Positions Gained By A Race Winner
43, Bill Auberlen, Lime Rock Park, Touring Car
Race 1, 2001 (Started 44th)
The Records
Class Fastest Qualifiers
Career: 42 Peter Cunningham
Season: 10, Peter Cunningham, 2010
153
Rookie of the Year:
1995
S
Jochen Rohr
T
David Seuss
SP Paul Booher
1996
S2 Almo Coppelli
T1 Brian C. Clarke
T2 Michael Galati
1997
T1 Ron Johnson
T2 Pierre Kleinubing
1998
T1 Reese Cox
T2 Hugh Plumb
1999
GT George Biskup
TC Kevin Schrantz
2000
GT Justin Jackson
TC Neal Sapp
2001
GT Bob Miller
TC Roger Foo
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2002
GT John Young
TC Marc Kirberg
154
2003
GT Tom Oates
TC Matt Plumb
2004
GT Michael McCann
TC Dino Crescentini
2005
GT Sonny Whelen
TC Brandon Davis
2006
GT Lawson Aschenbach
TC Jeff Courtney
2007
GT Brian Kubinski
TC Stan Wilson
2008
GT Gunter Schaldach
TC Jason Saini
2009
GT Bill Ziegler
TC Eric Foss
2010
GT Fred Roberts
GTS Ernie Jakubowski
TC Robert Stout
Manufacturer Records
Year-by-Year Champions:
1990
WC
SP
Chevrolet
Eagle
1991
WC
SS
SP
Chevrolet
Not Awarded
Eagle
1992
A & B
C
D
Not Awarded
Honda
Eagle
1993
A & B
C
Not Awarded
Honda
1994
WC
TC
SP
Porsche
Chevrolet
Honda
1995
S
T
SP
Porsche
Eagle
Honda
1996
S1
S2
T1
T2
Not Awarded
Saleen
Eagle
Honda
1997
T1
T2
Ford/ Saleen
Saturn
1998
T1
T2
Ford/ Saleen
Acura
1999
GT
TC
Porsche
Acura
2000
GT
TC
Porsche
Acura
2001
GT
TC
Audi
BMW
2002
GT
TC
Porsche
Acura
2003
GT
TC
Audi
BMW
2004
GT
TC
Audi
BMW
2005
GT
TC
Cadillac
Acura
2006
GT
TC
Porsche
Acura
2007
GT
TC
Cadillac
Mazda
2008
GT
TC
Porsche
Acura
2009
GT
TC
Porsche
Acura
Volvo
Acura
Scion
2010
GT GTS TC The Records
155
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Manufacturer Class Victories
1
Acura
2
Chevrolet
3
BMW
4
Porsche
5
Eagle
6
Mazda
7
Honda
8
Ford (including Saleen)
9
Audi
10 Oldsmobile
11 Dodge
12 Cadillac
13 Lotus
14 Volvo
15 Nissan, Saturn
16 Scion
17 Volkswagen
18 Mosler
19 Pontiac
156
81
71
52
51
31
26
25
23
21
18
16
12
9
9
7
5
4
3
1
Model Class Victories
1
Chevrolet Corvette
47
2
Acura Integra R
31
Eagle Talon/Turbo AWD
4
Acura TSX
26
5
Chevrolet Camaro
22
6
Honda Prelude/Si
18
Porsche 911 Cup
8
Ford Saleen Mustang/SR
17
Mazda 6
10 BMW M3
16
Dodge Viper
Olsmobile Achieva
13 Acura NSX
14
14 Porsche 911 GT3
13
15 BMW 325i
12
Cadillac CTS-V
17 Audi S4 Competition
8
BMW 328is
Lotus Esprit Turbo
20 Audi A4 Turbo
7
BMW 325is
Saturn SC
Volvo S60
24 Audi RS 6
6
25 Acura RSX
5
Honda CRX Si
Nissan 300ZX Turbo
Porsche 911 GT
Porsche 911 GT/RSR/Turbo
Scion tC
31 Mazda Protégé
4
Volkswagen Jetta GLI
33 BMW 328i 3
Ford Mustang
Mosler Intruder
36 BMW 325Ci
2
BMW 328ci
Chevrolet Monte Carlo
Honda Civic Si
Mazda RX-8
Oldsmobile Calais
Porsche 911 EVO/GT2
43 BMW 328Ti
1
Mazda RX-7 Turbo
Nissan Sentra SE-R
Pontiac Sunfire
Porsche 944 Turbo
Volvo S60R
Circuit-by-Circuit Race Winners
AUTOBAHN COUNTRY CLUB
Joliet, Illinois
2009 Randy Pobst (GT)
Jason Saini (TC)
AUTODROME DEL NORTE
Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico
1991 Boris Said (WC)
Tommy Archer (SP)
CLEVELAND BURKE LAKEFRONT AIRPORT
Cleveland, Ohio
1992 R.K. Smith (A)
Lou Gigliotti (B)
Norris Rancourt (C)
Bill Saunders (D)
2005 Robin Liddell (GT)
Pierre Kleinubing (TC)
DALLAS GRAND PRIX
Dallas, Texas
1993 R.K. Smith (A)
Lou Gigliotti (B)
Peter Cunningham (C)
1994 Price Cobb (WC)
Lou Gigliotti (TC)
Peter Cunningham (SP)
DALLAS GRAND PRIX IN ADDISON
Addison, Texas
1990 R.K. Smith (WC)
Bobby Archer (SP)
Lou Gigliotti (SS)
Norris Rancourt (SP)
DENVER GRAND PRIX
Denver, Colo.
1990 Scott Lagasse (WC)
Bobby Archer (SP)
1991 Doc Bundy (WC)
Terry Borcheller (SS)
Dave Jolly (SP)
2005 Wolf Henzler (GT)
Eric Curran (TC)
2006 Brandon Davis (TC)
Mauro Baldi (A)
Neil Hannemann (B)
Chuck Hemmingson (C)
DETROIT GRAND PRIX
Detroit, Mich.
2001 Peter Cunningham (GT)
FIREBIRD INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
Phoenix, Ariz.
1992 Shawn Hendricks (A)
Lou Gigliotti (B)
Ron Emmick (C)
Neil Hannemann (D)
HEARTLAND PARK
Topeka, Kan.
1997 Rob Fellows (T1)
Johannes van Overbeek (T2)
1998 Bill Cooper (T1)
Pierre Kleinubing (T2)
INFINEON RACEWAY (Sears Point)
Sonoma, Calif.
1990 Doc Bundy (WC)
Jim Dentici (SP)
1991 Shawn Hendricks (WC)
Mitch Wright/Bo Lemler (SP)
1992 R.K. Smith (A)
Lou Gigliotti (B)
John Green (C)
Neil Hannemann (D)
1993 Elliott Forbes-Robinson (A)
Neil Hannemann (B)
1995 Price Cobb (S)
Kermit Upton (T)
Terry Borcheller (SP)
1996 Melanie Snow (S1)
Shane Lewis (S2)
Vic Rice (GTA)
Peter Cunningham (T1)
Paul Booher (T2)
2000 Bill Cooper (GT)
Hugh Plumb (TC)
2001 Johannes van Overbeek (GT)
Neal Sapp (TC)
2003 Bill Auberlen (GT)
Bill Auberlen (TC)
Bill Auberlen (TC, Race 1)
Nic Jonsson (TC, Race 2)
2005 Lou Gigliotti (GT)
Bill Auberlen (TC)
2006 Ricardo Imery (GT)
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DES MOINES GRAND PRIX
Des Moines, Iowa
Mitch Wright (SP)
1991 Shawn Hendricks (WC)
Jack Benedict (SS)
1992 R.K. Smith (A)
Tom Benua (B)
Dave Jolly (C)
Bill Saunders (D)
1993 R.K. Smith (A)
Lou Gigliotti (B)
Ron Emmick (C)
1994
157
LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
Las Vegas, Nev.
2000 Michael Galati (GT)
Hugh Plumb (TC)
LIME ROCK PARK
Lime Rock, Conn.
1992 Kim Baker (A)
Lou Gigliotti (B)
Ron Emmick (C)
Neil Hannemann (D)
David Lapham (B)
1995 David Murry (S)
Kermit Upton (T)
Dave Jolly (SP)
1996 Almo Coppelli (S2)
Boris Said III (T1)
Paul Booher (T2)
1997 Kermit Upton III (T1)
Kristian Skavnes (T2)
1998 Peter Cunningham (T1)
1999 Bobby Archer (GT)
Michael Galati (TC)
2000 Terry Borcheller (GT)
Kevin Schrantz (TC)
Pierre Kleinubing (TC, Race 2)
2003 Bill Auberlen (GT, Race 1)
Bill Auberlen (GT, Race 2)
Bill Auberlen (TC)
2005 Max Angelelli (GT)
Bill Auberlen (TC)
2007 Chip Herr (TC)
2008 Kuno Wittmer (TC, Race 1)
Chip Herr (TC, Race 2)
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GRAND PRIX OF LONG BEACH
Long Beach, Calif.
2006 Ron Fellows (GT)
2007 Eric Curran (GT)
2008 Brandon Davis (GT)
2009 James Sofronas (GT)
2010 Kuno Wittmer (GT)
Tyler McQuarrie (GTS)
Robert Stout (TC)
LOWE’S MOTOR SPEEDWAY
Concord, N.C.
2000 Bill Cooper (GT)
2007 Andy Pilgrim (GT)
MAZDA RACEWAY LAGUNA SECA
Monterey, Calif.
1990 Doc Bundy (WC)
158
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2009
John Heinricy (GT)
Pierre Kleinubing (Touring)
Mike Fitzgerald (GT)
Alfred duPont (TC)
Peter Cunningham (GT)
Roger Foo (TC)
Randy Pobst (GT)
Paul Lambert (TC)
Paul Mumford (GT)
Jeff Altenburg (TC)
Wolf Henzler (GT)
Jeff Altenburg (TC)
Max Papis (GT)
John Angelone (TC)
Randy Pobst (GT)
Eric Curran (TC)
Andy Pilgrim (GT)
Peter Cunningham (TC)
James Sofronas (GT)
MIAMI GRAND PRIX
Miami, Fla.
1994 Alencar Jr. (A)
Willy Lewis (B)
Norris Rancourt (C)
MID-OHIO SPORTS CAR COURSE
Lexington, Ohio
1994 John Heinricy (A)
Lou Gigliotti (B)
Norris Rancourt (C)
Paul Booher (T2)
1998 Terry Borcheller (T1)
Hugh Plumb (T2)
1999 Peter Kitchak (GT)
Michael Galati (Touring)
Will Turner (TC)
2003 Bob Endicott (TC)
Matt Plumb (TC)
Chip Herr (TC)
2007 Eric Curran (GT)
Joey Hand (TC)
2008 Tommy Archer (GT)
Kuno Wittmer (TC)
2009 Brandon Davis (GT)
Jason Saini (TC)
2010
Race 1 Mike Skeen (GT)
Peter Cunningham (GTS)
Ryan Eversley (TC)
Race 2 James Sofronas (GT)
Ryan Eversley (TC)
MILLER MOTORSPORTS PARK
Tooele, Utah
Jeff Altenburg (TC)
Jason Saini (TC)
2010 Kuno Wittmer (GT)
Robert Stout (TC)
GRAND PRIX OF MINNESOTA
Minneapolis, Minn.
1996 Shane Lewis (S2)
Greg Theiss (T1)
Chuck Hemmingson (T2)
1997 Peter Kitchak (T1)
Paul Booher (T2)
1998 Chris Wiehle (T1)
Lance Stewart (T2)
Ken Dobson (TC, Race 1)
Paul Bonaccorsi (TC, Race 2)
Phil McClure (GT)
Michael Galati (GT, Race 1)
Ron Fellows (GT, Race 2)
Matt Plumb (TC)
Ron Fellows (GT)
Charles Espenlaub (TC)
Michael Galati (GT)
Chip Herr (TC)
Eric Curran (GT)
Adam Pecorarri (TC)
Eric Curran (GT)
Michael Galati (TC)
Jason Daskalos (GT)
Kuno Wittmer (TC)
Randy Pobst (GT)
John Heinricy (GTS)
Chip Herr (TC)
Ron Fellows (GT)
John Heinricy (GTS)
Robert Stout (TC)
NEW JERSEY MOTORSPORTS PARK
Millville, N.J.
2008 James Sofronas (GT)
2009 Andy Pilgrim (GT)
Jason Saini (GT)
PHOENIX INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
Phoenix, Ariz.
1995 John Heinricy (S)
Neil Hannemann (T)
Paul Booher (SP)
1996 Willy Lewis (T1)
Charlie Downes (T2)
PIKES PEAK INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
Colorado Springs, Colo.
Will Turner (Touring, Race 1)
Chuck Hemmingson (Touring, Race 2)
PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
Portland, Ore.
Neal Sapp (TC)
2005 Dino Crescentini (GT)
Randy Pobst (TC)
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MOSPORT INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
Bowmanville, Ontario, Can.
1990 Andy Pilgrim/John Heinricy/Don
Knowles/Stuart Hayner (WC)
Peter Cunningham/Ron Lauzon/
Randy Pobst (SP)
1991 R.K. Smith/Ken Wallace/Ken
Wilden/RichardSpenard/David
Empringham/Tommy Clark/
Peter Cunningham (WC)
Lou Gigliotti/Leighton Reese/Brad Hoyt/
Mark Behm/John Petrick (SS)
Mitch Wright/Tommy Archer/
Bobby Archer(SP)
1992 Kim Baker/Ray Kong/Peter Hanson/Jim
Minneker/Don Knowles (A)
Chris Neville/Doug Goad/David Murry (B)
Taz Harvey/Ron Lauzon/Jim Dentici (C)
Bill Saunders/Beaver Theodosakis/Mitch
Wright/AndyPilgrim/Neil Hannemann (D)
Neil Hannemann (B)
Ron Emmick (C)
1994 Richard Spenard (A)
Bill Cooper (B)
Ron Emmick (C)
Lou Gigliotti (T)
Dave Jolly (SP)
Kermit Upton (T1)
Charlie Downes (T2)
1997 Rob Fellows (T1)
2002 David Farmer (GT)
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Race 1
Race 2
PUERTO RICO GRAND PRIX
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Bill Auberlen (TC)
159
RENO GRAND PRIX
Reno, Nev.
1996 Andy Pilgrim (S1)
Rob Rizzo (S2)
Vic Rice (GTA)
Peter Cunningham (T1)
Michael Galati (T2)
1997 Lou Gigliotti (T1)
Johannes van Overbeek (T2)
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ROAD AMERICA
Elkhart Lake, Wis.
1991 Bobby Carradine (WC)
Lou Gigliotti (SS)
Dave Jolly (SP)
1992 Bill Cooper (A)
Lou Gigliotti (B)
Randy Pobst (C)
Bill Saunders (D)
Lou Gigliotti (B)
Norris Rancourt (C)
Joe Varde (TC)
Dave Jolly (SP)
Willy Lewis (T)
Peter Schwartzott (SP)
1996 Andy Pilgrim (S2)
Greg Theiss (T1)
Michael Galati (T2)
Lance Stewart (T2)
Paul Bonaccorsi (TC)
2003 Mike Fitzgerald (GT)
Chip Herr (TC)
James Clay (TC)
2009 Tony Rivera (GT)
ROAD ATLANTA
Braselton, Ga.
1990 Doc Bundy (WC)
Bobby Archer (SP)
1993 David Murry (A)
Kermit Upton III (B)
Ron Emmick (C)
Neil Hannemann (TC)
1995 John Heinricy (S)
Neil Hannemann (T)
Paul Booher (SP)
Kermit Upton (T)
Ron Emmick (SP)
1999 Kermit Upton (GT, Race 1)
160
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Kermit Upton (GT, Race 2)
Mike Fitzgerald (GT)
Mike Fitzgerald (TC)
Michael Galati (GT, Race 1)
Peter Cunningham (GT, Race 2)
Neal Sapp (TC, Race 1)
Neal Sapp (TC, Race 2)
Peter Cunningham (GT)
Mike Fitzgerald (GT, Race 1)
Randy Pobst (GT, Race 2)
Pierre Kleinubing (TC, Race 2)
Pierre Kleinubing (TC, NON POINTS)
Max Angelelli (GT)
Max Papis (GT)
Andy Pilgrim (GT)
Randy Pobst (TC)
Lawson Aschenbach (GT)
Michael Galati (TC)
Brandon Davis (GT)
Chip Herr (TC)
Andy Pilgrim (GT)
Seth Thomas (TC)
ST. PETERSBURG GRAND PRIX
St. Petersburg, Fla.
Bobby Archer (SP)
Willy Lewis (T1)
Alain Chebeir (T2)
Peter Schwarzott (T2)
Randy Pobst (TC)
2006 Lawson Aschenbach (GT)
Randy Pobst (TC)
2010
Race 1 Randy Pobst (GT)
Todd Buras (TC)
Race 2 Dino Crescentini (GT)
Todd Buras (TC)
CIRCUIT STE. CROIX
Ste. Croix, Quebec, Canada
SAN DIEGO GRAND PRIX (NTC CIRCUIT)
San Diego, Calif.
2000 Terry Borcheller (GT)
Neal Sapp (TC)
SEBRING INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
Sebring, Fla.
2003 Phil McClure (GT)
Bill Auberlen (TC)
2004 Max Angelelli (GT)
Bill Auberlen (TC)
2006
2007
2008
2009
Michael McCann (GT)
Bill Auberlen (TC)
Eric Curran (GT)
Jeff Altenburg (TC)
Randy Pobst (GT)
Tony Rivera (GT)
Seth Thomas (TC)
TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
Fort Worth, Texas
2000 Mike Fitzgerald (GT)
Don Salama (TC)
Steve Pfeffer (TC)
TEXAS WORLD SPEEDWAY
College Station, Texas
1991 Bobby Carradine (WC)
Bill Gray/Stu Hayner (SS)
Peter Schwartzott (SP)
GRAND PRIX OF TORONTO
Exhibition Place, Toronto, Ontario, Can.
Nick Wittmer (TC)
Pierre Kleinubing (Touring)
Randy Pobst (GT)
Chuck Hemmingson (TC)
VANCOUVER MOLSON INDY
Vancouver, B.C., Canada
1999 Scotty B. White (GT)
Hugh Plumb (Touring)
VIRGINIA INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
Alton, Va.
2002 John Young (GT)
2008 Kuno Wittmer (TC)
2010
Race 1 Randy Pobst (GT)
Nick Esayian (GTS)
Todd Buras (TC)
Race 2 Andy Pilgrim (GT)
Robert Stout (TC)
GRAND PRIX OF WASHINGTON, DC
Washington, D.C.
Marc Kirberg (TC)
WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL
Watkins Glen, N.Y.
1992 Bill Cooper (A)
Lou Gigliotti (B)
Dave Jolly (C)
Bill Saunders (D)
1996 Martin Snow (S1)
Steve Saleen (S2)
Lou Gigliotti (T1)
Peter Schwartzott (T2)
1997 Lou Gigliotti (T1)
Michael Galati (T2)
Lance Stewart (T2)
Randy Pobst (TC 1)
Randy Pobst (TC 2)
Michael Galati (TC)
2009 Dino Crescentini (GT)
Seth Thomas (TC)
2010 Ron Fellows (GT)
Robert Stout (TC)
WEST MICHIGAN GRAND PRIX
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Lance Stewart (T2)
Will Turner (Touring)
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GRAND PRIX de TROIS-RIVIERES
Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Can.
Willy Lewis (B)
Ron Emmick (C)
1994 Mauro Baldi (A)
Bill Cooper (B)
Dave Jolly (C)
Willy Lewis (T)
1996 Shane Lewis (S2)
Lou Gigliotti (T1)
Alain Chebeir (T2)
Michael Galati (T2)
2002
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Season-by-Season Point Standings (Top-10)
1990 (World Challenge Class)
Ps. Driver
Car
1 R. K. Smith
Chevrolet Corvette
2 Doc Bundy
Lotus Esprit Turbo
3 John Heinricy
Chevrolet Corvette
4 Boris Said III
Chevrolet Corvette
5 Scott Lagasse
Lotus Esprit Turbo
6 Andy Pilgrim
Chevrolet Corvette
7 Lou Gigliotti
Chevrolet Corvette
8 Claude Poirier
Chevrolet Corvette
9 Kenny Wallace
Chevrolet Corvette
10 Dave Jolly
Mazda RX-7 Turbo
Pts.
201
183
180
169
168
152
150
128
113
112
Awards SPT
NA
4
NA
1
NA
3
NA 10
NA
1
NA
8
NA
2
NA
4
NA
5
NA 11
DAL LAG DMO RATMOS DEN STP
1
2
1
3 10
5
1
14
1
8
1 6
2
6
2
7
4 13 1
7
2
5 11
2
4 2
8
3
13 12
3
2 6
1 13
4
9
7
7 1 12
8
6
3
8
5 3 14 20
7
5
5 10 10
-
9
15 10
9 14 7 11 17
6
4
- 18 9
6 11
1990 (Super Production Class)
BPs.Driver
Car
1 Bobby Archer
Eagle Talon
2 Peter Cunningham
Honda CRX Si
3 Tommy Archer
Eagle Talon
4 Mitch Wright
Eagle Talon
5 Jim Dentici
Honda CRX Si
6 Scott Gaylord
Mazda Miata
7 Chuck Hemmingson
Oldsmobile Calais
8 Mark Wolocatiuk
Chevrolet Beretta
9 Herb Shriver
Honda CRX Si
10 Irv Hoerr
Oldsmobile Calais
Pts.
211
204
185
170
150
145
111
105
88
85
Awards SPT
NA
5
NA
2
NA
5
NA
4
NA
1
NA
9
NA 14
NA
3
NA
8
NA 12
DAL LAG DMO RATMOS DEN STP
1
7
3
1 2
1
1
4
1
2 17 1
3
3
2
6 15
2 2
2
2
12 11
1
3 2
4 10
14
9
6
6 12
5
5
3
2
8
7 4
6
5
3
7
5 10
-
15 15
5
4
-
-
9
9 10 10 11 14
-
7
4
4 17
-
-
-
Ps. Driver
Car
1 Shawn Hendricks
Chevrolet Corvette
2 Bobby Carradine
Lotus Esprit Turbo
3 Andy Pilgrim
Chevrolet Corvette
4 John Schneider
Nissan 300 ZX T
5 R.K. Smith
Chevrolet Corvette
6 Kat Teasdale
Chevrolet Corvette
7 Doc Bundy
Lotus Esprit Turbo
8 Boris Said III
Ford Mustang
9 John Heinricy
Chevrolet Corvette
10 Kenny Wallace
Chevrolet Corvette
Pts.
212
173
170
167
161
156
143
140
134
129
Awards SPT DAL DMO MOS DENRAM TWS SAL
NA
1
2
1
4
2 2
2
5
NA
4
4
5
-
3 1
1
6
NA 10
5
6
3
7 7
3
3
NA
9
10 10
7 11 5
5
2
NA 12
1
2
1
4 6
9
NA
8
6 11
2
6 9 10
4
NA
2
8
3
-
1 3
8
NA 11
14
8
4 12 13 11
1
NA 10
3
4
6 13 8
7
NA
5
13 12
1
9 12
6
-
1991 (Super Sport Class)
Ps. Driver
1 Lou Gigliotti
2 Terry Borcheller
3 Tom Boston
4 Bill Gray
5 Brad Hoyt
6 Stu Hayner
Jack Benedict
John Petrick
Leighton Reese
10 Kevin Dillon
Car
Chevrolet Camaro
Ford Mustang
Chevrolet Camaro
Chevrolet Camaro
Chevrolet Camaro
Chevrolet Camaro
Chevrolet Camaro
Chevrolet Camaro
Chevrolet Camaro
Ford Mustang
Pts.
165
89
87
57
55
30
30
30
30
27
Awards DAL DMO MOS DEN RAM TWS
NA
1
3
1
3
1 3
NA
-
6
-
1
5 8
NA
4
-
-
2
8 7
NA
-
-
-
-
- 1
NA
-
-
1
-
- 3
NA
-
-
-
-
- 1
NA
-
1
-
-
-
NA
-
-
1
-
-
NA
-
-
1
-
-
NA
-
2
-
-
-
-
Ps. Driver
Car
1 Mitch Wright
Eagle Talon
2 Norris Rancourt
Honda CRX Si
3 Rob Vining
Honda CRX Si
4 Taz Harvey
Honda CRX Si
5 Tommy Archer
Eagle Talon
6 Bobby Archer
Eagle Talon
7 Dave Jolly
Oldsmobile Calais
8 Dave Guider
Mazda RX-7
9 Bobby Wolf
Honda CRX Si
10 Mark Simo
Honda CRX Si
Pts.
184
178
151
149
143
133
119
117
110
101
Awards SPT
NA
1
NA
5
NA
-
NA
2
NA
8
NA
6
NA
-
NA 10
NA
4
NA
9
1992 (A Class)
Ps. Driver
1 R.K. Smith
2 Kim Baker
3 Bill Cooper
4 Jim Minneker
5 Mike Maloney
6 Boris Said III
7 Shawn Hendricks
8 Kenny Wallace Jr.
9 John Heinricy
10 Mark Dismore
Pts.
215
188
183
156
116
85
76
51
42
40
Awards FBD DMO WGI LRP CLEMOS RAM SPT
NA
3
1
2
3
1 4
3
1
NA 12
8
4
1
3 1
4
2
NA
2
3
1
2
- 4
1
5
NA 11
6
3
-
4 1
2
7
NA
9
-
-
5
5 8
5
6
NA
-
7
-
-
- 4
6
3
NA
1
2
-
-
- 6
-
NA
6
10
-
-
- 9
-
NA 10
-
-
-
- 2
-
NA
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
162
Car
Chevrolet Corvette
Chevrolet Corvette
Chevrolet Corvette
Chevrolet Corvette
Chevrolet Corvette
Ford Mustang
Chevrolet Corvette
Chevrolet Corvette
Chevrolet Corvette
Chevrolet Corvette
DAL DMO MOS DENRAM TWS SAL
10 10
1
7 4
2
4
1
3
5
2 13
6
5
8
2
9
3 7
3
6
5
5
8
5 9 16 12
-
6
1
- 8
2
1
11
-
1 13 6 14
4
-
7
2
1 1 13
-
8
6
4 5
7
- 12
7
6 11
-
7
-
4
3
8
-
8
8
Car
Chevrolet Camaro
Mazda RX-7 Turbo
Chevrolet Camaro
Ford Mustang
Chevrolet Camaro
Eagle Talon Turbo
Mitsubishi Eclipse
Chevrolet Camaro
BMW M3
Dodge Daytona
Pts.
226
182
163
123
102
87
80
76
70
60
NA
1
6
1
1
1 2
1
1
NA
3
5
2
2
3 2 10 10
NA
4
8
5
9
5 1
6
9
NA
6
9
- 10
2
-
3
5
NA
2
10 13
4
-
-
-
3
NA
7
1
-
-
4
-
9
NA
-
4
9 11
-
-
-
2
NA
-
-
4
8
6
-
8
NA
-
-
3
4
7
-
2
NA
5
3 11
-
-
-
-
-
1992 (C Class)
Ps. Driver
1 Dave Jolly
2 Taz Harvey
3 Norris Rancourt
4 Ron Emmick
5 Sergio Afanasenko
6 Randy Pobst
7 Chuck Hemmingson
8 Ed Manger
9 Ron Lauzon
10 Jim Dentici
Car
Oldsmobile Achieva
Honda Prelude
Honda Prelude
Oldsmobile Achieva
Mazda RX-7
Honda Prelude
Oldsmobile Achieva
Oldsmobile Calais
Honda Prelude
Honda Prelude
Pts.
212
191
161
156
125
82
50
38
30
30
NA
4
1
1
2
2 2
2
5
NA
3
5
3
4
3 1
4
6
NA
2
2
2
3
1 3
-
NA
1
-
4
1
- 4
3
3
NA
-
4
5
5
4
-
6
7
NA
-
-
-
-
- 3
1
2
NA
-
-
-
-
- 2
-
4
NA
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
8
NA
-
-
-
-
- 1
-
NA
-
-
-
-
- 1
-
-
1992 (D Class)
Ps. Driver
1 Neil Hannemann
2 Bill Saunders
3 John Mahr
4 Oscar Peralta
5 Bob Beede
Car
Eagle Talon
Eagle Talon
Volkswagon GTI
Eagle Talon
Suzuki Swift
Pts.
228
227
101
83
62
NA
1
2
2
1
2 1
2
1
NA
2
1
1
2
1 1
1
4
NA
-
4
5
6
6
-
6
NA
-
6
-
-
9
-
4
3
NA
-
-
4
5
7
-
-
-
1993 (A Class)
Ps. Driver
1 Elliott Forbes-Robinson
2 R K. Smith
3 Boris Said
4 Bill Cooper
5 Steve Saleen
John Schneider
7 Shawn Hendricks
8 Chuck Cottrell
9 Daniel Jones
10 David Murry
Car
Nissan 300ZX
Chevrolet Corvette
Saleen Mustang
Chevrolet Camaro
Saleen Mustang
Nissan 300ZX
Chevrolet Corvette
Porsche 944 Turbo
Porsche Turbo
Lotus Esprit
Pts.
225
212
136
123
88
88
63
42
40
30
Awards RAT MOS STP DMO LRP TRV RAM DAL
18,375
2
1
1
3
1 1
1
4
4 2
20,853
3
2
3
1
3
1
5,300
5
4
4
-
5 5
-
2
5,625
4
3
5
2
2
-
-
2,575
-
-
-
4
3 6
6
2,200
8
6
6
5
- 4
4
7
2,907
-
-
-
-
- 3
8
6
1,200
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
5
1,000
7
5
-
-
-
-
-
3,000
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1993 (B Class)
Ps. Driver
1 Willy Lewis
2 Lou Gigliotti
3 Neil Hannemann
4 Kermit Upton III
5 Paul Armstrong
6 Chris Neville
7 Dave Lapham
8 Tom Natasi II
9 Myron Cottrell
10 Bill Cooper
Car
Eagle Talon
Chevrolet Camaro
Eagle Talon
BMW M3
Eagle Talon
Chevrolet Camaro
Mazda RX-7 Turbo
Chevrolet Camaro
Chevrolet Camaro
Chevrolet Camaro
Pts.
190
167
165
157
153
151
144
90
82
75
9,375
2
4
3 14
2 1
4
4
18,921 15
2 10
1 12 17
1
1
8,525
3
1
1
3 13 6 12 18
6,525
1
10
8
4
3 18
5 10
3,575
8
6
4 15
5 4
8
7
6,178
7
3
7 16 18 3
6
3
7,575
4
5
2
2
1 14 25 25
1,825
6
9 13
5
7
-
-
800 13
8
-
9 17 12 18 23
9,136
-
-
-
-
- 2
2
5
1993 (C Class)
Ps. Driver
1 Ron Emmick
2 Peter Cunningham
3 Norris Rancourt
4 Dave Jolly
5 Michael Sturm
6 Gary Ain
7 Taz Harvey
8 Keith Mitchell
9 Mark Youngquist
10 Bob Beede
Car
Oldsmobile Achieva
Honda Prelude
Honda Prelude
Oldsmobile Achieva
Honda Prelude
Mazda RX-7
Honda Prelude
Saturn
Nissan Sentra
Suzuki Swift GT
Pts.
218
215
182
162
151
141
136
130
127
118
16,350
1
1
2
1
5 1
3
3
16,000
2
2
1
2
1 9
2
1
10,350
4
-
4
3
2 2
1
2
4,875 14
3
3 11
3 3
4 14
3,250
5
5
6
7 11 6
9
8
2,425
7
8
7 14
6 8 11
7
2,600 13
7
5 15 12 5 10
5
2,725
6
6
- 12
4 7
8 10
2,225 11
11
8
5
8 12
7
6
2,000
8
12 10
9
9 10 17 15
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1992 (B Class)
Ps. Driver
1 Lou Gigliotti
2 Makoto Yamamura
3 Chris Neville
4 Terry Borcheller
5 Michael Pettiford
6 Tom Benua
7 Albert Mirko
8 Judd Jackson
9 Kermit Upton III
10 Mitch Wright
Ps. Driver
Car
Pts.
1 Price Cobb
Porsche 911 Turbo
252
2 Mauro Baldi
Porsche 911 Turbo
220
3 John Heinricy
Chevrolet Corvette
179
4 Jim Minneker
Chevrolet Corvette
141
5 Victor Sifton
Chevrolet Camaro
129
6 Elliott Forbes-Robinson Nissan 300ZX
101
7 John Schneider
Nissan 300ZX
92
8 Steve Dinan
BMW 540i
79
9 Jeff Nowicki
Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 55
10 Scott Allman
Chevrolet Corvette
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1994 (Touring Car Class)
Ps. Driver
1 Neil Hannemann
2 Lou Gigliotti
3 Bill Cooper
4 Willy Lewis
5 Paul Armstrong
6 Chris Neville
7 Joe Varde
8 Rick Fairbanks
9 Kermit Upton III
10 Skip Marelia
Awards MIA MOH DMO TRV MOS RAT RAM DAL
19,350
4
2
3
3
5 1
1
1
14,975
6
5
1
1
3 6
2
2
10,500
-
1
2
8
2 2
9
7
4,475
-
8
8
5
4 11
4
4
2,725
7
11
5
7
6 9
8
4,950
3
3
4
2 12
-
-
3,125
2
7
7
4 11
-
-
2,725
-
6 11
-
8 10
3
1,800
-
9
-
-
9
-
5
1,200
-
-
9
9
-
- 10
8
Car
Eagle Talon
Chevrolet Camaro
Chevrolet Camaro
Eagle Talon
Eagle Talon
Chevrolet Camaro
Chevrolet Camaro
Chevrolet Camaro
BMW M-3
Chevrolet Camaro
Pts.
211 $13,075
2
2
1
3
3 1 15
8
204 29,414 12
1
5 13
4 3
2
1
197 31,534
6
18
2
1
1 2 12 14
1
11
3 15
2 9
3
5
177
8,275
163
7,270
3
6 17
5
5 5
5
3
149
8,377
9
3
6
4
6 22
6
6
134 17,504
8
12 16
2 12 20
1 19
113
1,250 13
14 14 16 11 10
8
9
109
4,438
-
-
4
6
- 6
4
4
104
1,600 22
9 12
9
9 16 13 10
Ps. Driver
Car
1 Dave Jolly
Olds Achieva
2 Peter Cunningham
Honda PreludeSi
3 Norris Rancourt
Honda PreludeSi
4 Taz Harvey
Honda Prelude
5 Ron Emmick
Olds Achieva
6 Dave Rosenblum
Saturn
7 Jody Lift
Honda PreludeSi
8 Jay Hartz
Honda PreludeSi
9 Michael Sturm
Honda Prelude
10 Bob Beede
Suzuki Swift
Pts.
216 $13,850
2
2
5
1
2 5
1
6
213 $10,975
4
7
2 11
5 1
2
1
190 $9,175
1
1
3
4
7 15 15
3
144 $4,325
6
4
4
2 15 17
4 18
142 $4,775
3
6 15
-
1 16 19 17
141 $3,250 13
3
8
5 14 18
6
4
106 $3,225
5
10
6 14
3 6 22
106 $1,600
7
9
7 12 10 14 17
99 $2,325
-
-
9
6
8 4 23
8
96
$800 15
19 10 10 12 13 21 12
1995 (Sports Class)
Ps. Driver
1 David Murry
2 John Heinricy
3 Jochen Rohr
4 Jim Minneker
5 Victor Sifton
6 Bob Bondurant
7 Stephen Dinan
8 Steve Saleen
9 Mark Knepper
10 Pierre Bareil
Car
Porsche 911 GT2
Chevrolet Corvette
Porsche 911 GT2
Chevrolet Corvette
Chevrolet Camaro Saleen Mustang
BMW 540
Saleen Mustang
SSZ Stradale
Mustang LX
Pts.
Purse
432 $28,200
369 15,400
334 11,100
329 10,200
260
5,900
253
4,700
234 21,700
221
3,600
177
2,000
175
1,600
PIR MOS LRP RAM TRV RAT RAT SPT
2
1
1
1
1 11
1
2
1
12
2
4
5 1
7
3
3
4
6
3
2 5
6
4
4
3
3
5
3 6
5
5
6
2
8 14 11 3 10
11
8
4 11
8 10
3
9
5
-
-
2
- 4
2
8
7
9
- 13
4 7
4
-
7
9 10 10 13
9
-
11 11 DS
9 9 12
7
1995 (Touring Class)
Ps. Driver
1 Neil Hannemann
2 Willy Lewis
3 Kermit Upton
4 Bill Cooper
5 Paul Armstrong
6 Lou Gigliotti
7 David Seuss
8 Greg Theiss
9 Mark Dixon
10 Gene Michaux
Car
Eagle Talon AWD
Eagle Talon AWD
BMW M3
Chevrolet Camaro
Eagle Talon AWD
Chevrolet Camaro
Chevrolet Camaro
Chevrolet Camaro
Pontiac Firebird
Chevrolet Camaro
Pts.
Purse
389 $23,600
388 19,700
374 46,950
290
9,500
283
6,300
263 17,300
244
5,800
214
5,500
148
1,000
143
1,700
1
2
3
3
2 1
4
4
2
8
2
1
1 3
6
2
-
5
1
5
3 4
1
1
10
3 16
4
4 10 13
3
4
4
5 13
5 6
7 11
3
1 14
2 12 15
3 18
8
6 11
7 13 5 14
6
5
9
6
6
6 21 18
7
12
- 13
9
-
- 12
-
- 10 11
- 8 15
7
Pts.
Purse
382 $22,400
317 15,700
309 17,150
305 14,300
278
6,800
252
8,000
244
6,650
236
3,000
220
2,700
180
1,500
2
4
3
2
1 2
3
3
1
16
7 16 14 1
2
2
3
1
1
5
4 18 21 11
14
2
2 DQ 10 3
1 12
4
8 10
8
2 8
8
6
-
3
9
1 DS 20
4
4
13
7
6
9
8 7
5 15
5
5 24
4
9 13 12 13
8
10 13 10 15 5 22
5
11
9 18 18 12 6 17 10
Ps. Driver
Car
1 Peter Cunningham
Honda Prelude
2 Paul Booher
Saturn
3 Dave Jolly
Olds Achieva
4 Ron Emmick
Olds Achieva
5 Chris Neville
Honda Prelude
6 Peter Schwartzott
Honda Prelude
7 Mark Spruell
Olds Achieva
8 Taz Harvey
Honda Prelude
9 Albert Mirko
Honda Prelude
10 David Rosenblum
Saturn
164
Si
Si
Si
Si
Si
1996 (S1 Class)
Ps. Driver
1 Martin Snow
2 Klaus Bytzek
3 Melanie Snow
4 Andy Pilgrim
5 Harry Bytzek
Car
Porsche
Porsche
Porsche
Porsche
Porsche
1996 (S2 Class)
Ps. Driver
1 Almo Coppelli
2 Shane Lewis
3 Steve Saleen
4 Rob Rizzo
5 Doc Bundy
6 Steve Dinan
7 Jochen Rohr
8 Klaus Bytzek
9 Thomas Safar
10 Monte Smith
Car
Callaway Corvette
Mosler Intruder
Saleen Mustang
Saleen Mustang
Lotus Esprit
BMW 540 Sport
Porsche 911 GT2
Porsche 911 GT2
Chevrolet Corvette
Porsche 911 Turbo
Pts.
Purse STP MOS LRP MIN TRVRAM WGI REN SPT
247 $27,400
1
1
1
4
8 7
2
4
3
245 27,250 11
2
4
1
1 2
6
6
1
1
7
4
205 21,700
7
10
3 10
3 3
195 13,500
-
9
2
9
9 8
7
1
2
180
8,600
8
4 10
2
6 13
8
5
9
155 12,600
4
7 12
5
4 4
9
- 11
98
8,700
2
3
5
3
-
-
-
-
86
2,100
-
5
6 11
7 15
-
-
79
2,100
-
-
9
-
5 DS
-
3 10
68
1,500
-
-
-
-
- 6
2 DS
5
1996 (Touring 1 Class)
Ps. Driver
1 Lou Gigliotti
2 Willy Lewis
3 Kermit Upton III
4 Greg Theiss
5 Peter Cunningham
6 Brian Clarke
7 Cameron Worth
8 Mark Simo
9 Walter M. Swick
10 David Seuss
Car
Saleen Mustang
Eagle Talon
BMW M-3
Eagle Talon
Acura NSX
Callaway Camaro
Mazda RX-7 T
Ford Mustang Cobra
BMW M-3
Saleen Mustang
Pts.
Purse STP
241 $31,800
2
230 18,300
1
228 23,150
4
220 16,300
-
198 11,500
6
160
5,750
7
150
4,600 14
145
9,050
8
135
1,350 11
130
4,300 13
PIR MOS LRP MIN TRV RAM WGI REN SPT
3 16
2
3 1 25
1
4
7
1
3 16
2 10 21
5
2
3
5
1
5
6 13 19
2
3
4
2
5
3
1 2
1
4 14
5
9
4
4 17 14 22
9
1
1
12
-
6 14 4
8
7
7 10
6
8
8 16
-
5
6 15
8
15
-
-
5 3
2
8 18
9
11 18 14 11 11 11 12 10 16
7 11 11
9
- 13 17
9 14
1996 (Touring 2 Class)
Ps. Driver
1 Michael Galati
2 Taz Harvey
3 Alain Chebeir
4 Paul Booher
5 David Rosenblum
6 Terry Borcheller
7 Walter Puckett
8 Peter Schwartzott
9 Fred Meyer
10 Michael Sturm
Car
Honda Prelude
Honda Prelude
BMW 325 is
Saturn SC
Saturn SC
BMW M-3
Saturn SC
Honda Prelude
Honda Prelude
Honda Prelude
Pts.
Purse STP
211 $19,500
2
209 12,400
3
198 16,800
1
197 12,350 DS
171
6,400
4
157 19,400
-
141
5,450
-
137
7,000
9
89
2,800
-
78
2,000
8
PIR MOS LRP MINRAM WGI REN SPT
4 10 25
5 1
6
1
2
3
5
5
3 2
7
7
4
8 11
2
8 5
5
4
6
14
6
1
2 11
3
5
1
6
7
3 17 12
4
6 12
2
3 21 15 3
2
2
12
9
4
4 9
9 DS
3
-
4
6
7 4
1
-
-
- 13 15
8 10 11
10
- 15 11
- 8
-
- 10
1997 (Touring One Class)
Ps. Driver
1 Peter Cunningham
2 Lou Gigliotti
3 Rob Fellows
4 Simon Gregg
5 Ron Johnson
6 Thomas Safar II
7 Grant Carter
8 Doug Frazier
9 Duane Grahovec
10 C. David Seuss
Car
Acura NSX
Saleen Mustang
Saleen Mustang
Saleen Mustang
Saleen Mustang
Chevrolet Corvette
Chevrolet Camaro
Saleen Mustang
Chevrolet Camaro
Saleen Mustang
Points
Purse STP
251 $26,450
1
232 16,150
3
226 19,600 12
198
9,100
9
174 10,250 10
154
7,300
-
149
5,250
-
146
4,550 11
124
5,050
5
114
4,500
8
LRP MOH WGI MIN HPT
14
1
4
2 2
2 10
1
8 13
4
2
2
3 1
4
3
3
5 5
5
6
5 15 16
8 13
9 13 8
17 12 10 10 10
15 14
8 14 9
- 11 11
7
-
6 19
7
6 11
TRV MOS
1
-
2 19
18
1
19 15
4 12
7
8
5
9
10 11
8
5
12
-
PPI REN
1
2
15
1
2 10
6
4
7
9
9
5
8
6
11 11
- 12
-
-
1997 (Touring Two Class)
Ps. Driver
1 Pierre Kleinubing
2 Paul Booher
3 Michael Galati
4 Taz Harvey
5 Jim Lovett
6 Alain Chebeir
7 J. van Overbeek
8 David Rosenblum
9 Lu Ryba
10 Walter Puckett
Car
Points
Purse STP
Acura Integra
255 $22,050
2
Saturn SC
250 19,200
4
Acura Integra
246 16,550
3
Honda Prelude
213 11,500
5
Honda Prelude
205
9,100
7
BMW 328is
200 10,650 10
BMW M3
178 11,050 11
Saturn SC
146
5,850 12
Oldsmobile Achieva
121
3,650
6
Saturn SC
119
7,550
-
LRP MOH WGI MIN HPT
4
3
3
4 13
19
1
4
1 3
2
2
1
5 5
25
9
2
3 7
3
7
5 12 4
7
5
7
7 8
8
8
- 1
20
22
6
6
6 6
6 14 10 10 10
-
-
-
- 2
TRV MOS
6
1
2
5
3
2
4
3
13
4
1
9
7 19
8
8
DS
-
5
6
PPI REN
1
4
6
2
16 11
3
3
4
6
7 13
5
1
14 DS
- 15
2
5
911
911
911
911
911
GT2 EVO
GT2 EVO
Turbo
GT2
GT2 EVO
Pts.
87
83
57
35
27
Purse WGI REN SPT
$4,500
1
4
3
1,500
2
2
4
3,800
-
3
1
2,500
-
1
1,000
-
-
2
The Records
165
The Records
1998 (Touring One Class)
Ps. Driver
1 Terry Borcheller
2 Ron Johnson
3 Peter Cunningham
4 Neil Hannemann
5 Bobby Archer
6 Paul Brown
7 Reese Cox
8 Thomas Safar II
9 David Schardt
10 Jeff Conkel
Car
Saleen Mustang
Saleen Mustang
Acura NSX
Dodge Viper
Dodge Viper GT5
Mustang Cobra R
Corvette
Corvette ZR-1
Toyota Supra T
Porsche 911
Points
Purse HPT
248 $19,500
-
199
9,800
2
185
9,750 15
175
7,750
6
150
8,900
-
118
4,150
8
118
3,750
4
106
3,750 17
106
2,100 10
105
4,100
5
LRP MOH MIN WMI TRV RAM WGI
10
1
2
2 1
1
1
2
2
4
7 14
4 12
1 15
6
1 2 14
4
-
3
-
4 3
3
3
3
-
3 12
-
2
2
-
4 12 10
-
5 20
4 DS
- 19 6
9 11
DS
- 10
3 11
-
8
16 14
5 13
- 13
6
-
5
-
5 4
-
-
PPI
1
7
18
3
2
6
16
4
8
1998 (Touring Two Class)
Ps. Driver
1 Michael Galati
2 Pierre Kleinubing
3 Lance Stewart
4 Hugh Plumb
5 Will Turner
6 J. van Overbeek
7 David Rosenblum
8 Alain Chebeir
9 Walter Puckett
10 Brad Creger
Car
Acura Integra
Acura Integra
Acura Integra
BMW 328is
BMW 328i
BMW 328is
Saturn
BMW 328is
Saturn
Acura Integra
Points
Purse HPT
240 $13,750
2
228 15,200
1
224 15,150
5
167
8,150
9
166
6,750
8
163 10,550
3
150
4,950
6
139
7,150 12
137
3,900 18
113
2,800 15
LRP MOH MIN WMI TRV RAM WGI
2
2
4
8 1 13
3
1
3 16 11 2 12
2
8
8
1
1 3
1
1
7
1
2 14 15
4 DS
9
7
8
- 5
2
4
5
4
7
2 7 DS
-
11 12
9 12 11
3
9
6 13
3
3 6 DS
-
3 24 17
5 4 14 17
17 19 11
6
-
8 10
PPI
2
1
15
4
7
3
13
6
5
9
1999 (GT Class)
Ps. Driver
1 Bobby Archer
2 Peter Kitchak
3 George Biskup
4 David Schardt
5 Bill Cooper
6 Reese Cox
7 Paul Brown
8 Scotty B. White
9 John Heinricy
10 Terry Lackey
Car
Points
Purse MOS
Dodge Viper GTS
249 $86,900
1
Porsche 911 RSR
248 54,500 11
Porsche 993 RSR
216 27,650
2
Toyota Supra Turbo
200 19,600
3
Chevrolet Corvette
178 16,900
4
Chev. Corvette C5
136 16,050 17
Saleen SR
124 12,400 16
Chev. Corvette C5
120 12,950 14
Chev. Corvette C5
114 16,350 19
Chevrolet Corvette
107
5,900 13
LRP MOH RAT RAT TRV WMI VAN
1
2
3 23 2
8
3
24
1
4
2 1
1
7
3
3
6
9 15
4 15
6
4 17
7 5 12
5
2 20
2
3 16 20 16
7 26
5
5
-
2
-
19
6
8
6 14 28
2
9 19 22 10
- 13
1
8
-
-
-
-
3
-
23 18 26 12 8 26
4
PPI LAG
4
3
1
4
5
2
3
5
18
6
6
9
17 26
dq
8
2
1
8 13
Ps. Driver
1 Michael Galati
2 Pierre Kleinubing
3 Hugh Plumb
4 Will Turner
5 Alfred duPont
6 Kevin Schrantz
7 Brian Wade
8 Jeff Tarr
9 Rick Ellinger
10 Jason Potter
Car
Acura Integra R
Acura Integra R
Acura Integra R
BMW 328is
BMW 328is
Acura Integra R
BMW 328is
BMW 328is
Mercedes-Benz
Honda Accord
LRP MOH RAT RAT TRV WMI VAN
1
1
1
4 9
6
3
2
3
4
1 10
2 19
6
2
2
2 2
1
7
6
9
6 18 1
7
1
7
5
8 12 19
4
2
15
8 10 17 18
3 13
8
6 11
7 28
8 16
19 16 14 16 14 10
9
17
- 22
6 5 11
8
9 23
7
5 3
5
-
PPI LAG
5
4
3
1
8
2
2 18
4 19
6
3
16 20
18
8
9 23
-
-
2000 (GT Class)
Ps. Driver
1 Jeff McMillin
2 Michael Galati
3 Bobby Archer
4 Bill Cooper
5 Justin Jackson
6 Terry Borcheller
7 Peter Cunningham
8 John Heinricy
9 Reese Cox
10 David Schardt
Car
Points
Purse LMS MOS LRP SPT STC TMS RAT LAG LAS SAN
BMW M3
209 $70,250
8
4
6
4
5 5
2
9
8
7
Audi S4 Comp.
189 55,650
-
2
5
2 20 11
8 14
1
5
Dodge Viper GTS
173 33,700 30
1
2
6
4 6
5 12
7 25
Chev. Corvette C5
168 41,700
1
6 31
1
2 38 32
3
3 28
Porsche 993 RSR
163 20,150
4
10
8 32
6 3
4
4 20 12
Saleen SR
151 36,150
-
-
1
-
- 28
3
2
2
1
BMW M3
144 29,000
5
5
4 34
1 14 25 43
7 29
Chev. Corvette C5
144 13,550 34
27 33
9
3 4
7 13
9
3
Chev. Corvette C5
142 15,950
2
31
3 13 14 30
9
7 17 10
-
-
5
2
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 130 16,800 14
3 28
3 12 28
Ps. Driver
1 Pierre Kleinubing
2 Neal Sapp
3 Kevin Schrantz
4 Hugh Plumb
5 Don Salama
6 Alfred duPont
7 Paul Alderman
8 Steve Pfeffer
9 Will Turner
10 Mike Fitzgerald
Car
Acura Integra R
BMW 328Ci
Acura Integra R
Acura Integra R
BMW 328i
BMW 328is
BMW 328is
BMW 328is
BMW 328i
BMW 328Ci
166
R
R
R
R
Points
Purse MOS
265 $47,500
1
262 31,800
3
253 31,500
2
188 20,750
-
185 14,700
5
166 13,050
7
133
7,000 10
121
6,400 15
119
5,700 14
116
6,650
6
Points
Purse LMS MOS LRP SPT STC TMS RAT LAG LAS SAN
252 $82,920
1
1
-
2
1 11
3
2
4
3
241 49,400 13
2
2 10
2 8
2
7
3
1
202 34,960 21
6
1
6
4 2
9
6
8
5
192 49,610
2
33 25
1 28 10
5
3
1
2
181 26,130
5
9 35
3
3 1 29
9
5
7
178 30,550 22
5 13
8 29 5
4
1
2
4
155 10,100
7
14
6
9 27 4
6 17 10
9
143
7,250
-
7 12
5
7 25
8 12
7 10
138 14,880
4
4
7
7 24 23
7 11
6 29
133 21,860 30
34
3
4
6 24
1
4 29 26
2001 (GT Class)
Ps. Driver
1 Michael Galati
2 Peter Cunningham
3 Johannes van Overbeek
4 Mike Fitzgerald
5 Jeff McMillIn
6 Justin Jackson
7 Jimmy Adams
8 Phil McClure
9 Bob Miller
10 Justin Marks
Car
Audi S4 Comp.
Acura NSX SC
Porsche 911 Cup
Porsche 911 Cup
BMW M3 E46
Porsche 911 Cup
Porsche 911 Cup
Corvette C5
Porsche 911 Cup
Porsche 911 Cup
Points
Purse TMS
283 $132,200
1
271 105,600
2
222 38,900 27
215 26,500
4
203 35,000
5
190 19,350
7
185 21,000 26
158 15,300 12
149 21,800
6
146
9,800
9
SEB MOS LRP DET SPT POR LAG RAT RAT
2
3
1
4 4
1 10
1
2
1
1 23
1 8
6
1
2
1
3
4
8
2 1
2
2 11
6
4
2
3
8 5 11
6
6
9
5 14 12
3 2
8
8
8
4
6
12
7
6 7
3 13
7
5
7
5
2 10 9
4
3
9
8
13
8 26
5 3 16
4 14
7
8
9 22 12 10
9
5 17 13
9 16 15 15 13
7
7 13 11
Ps. Driver
1 Pierre Kleinubing
2 Neal Sapp
3 Steve Pfeffer
4 Ken Dobson
5 Will Turner
6 Don Salama
7 Hugh Plumb
8 Terry McCarthy
9 Roger Foo
10 Taz Harvey
Car
Acura Integra R
BMW 325is
BMW 328is
BMW 328ci
BMW 328is
BMW 328is
Acura Integra R
BMW 328is
Honda Civic Si
Honda Civic Si
Points
Purse TMS
257 $60,675
4
216 49,900
2
199 28,700
1
197 22,800 10
179 22,600 29
178 21,000
5
172 20,850 12
146 17,000
7
134 17,675 11
121 18,100
9
SEB MOS LRP DET SPT POR LAG RAT RAT
1
1
2
1 3 15
5
3
4
23
8 25
3 1
1 10
1
1
3
4 13 38 2
8 16
4
8
13
7
9
8 13
4
2
5
3
2 29
5
4 7
3
8
8
6
5
3 11
2 9 11 12
6 37
4
2
8
6 4 10
6 12 29
3
-
8
5
3 10 DQ
5
11 32 41 13 6 12
1 13 15
25 10 32
9 5
2
7 36 38
2002 (GT Class)
Ps. Driver
1 Michael Galati
2 Peter Cunningham
3 Randy Pobst
4 John Young(R)
5 Jeff McMillin
6 Johannes van Overbeek
7 Derek Bell
8 David Farmer
9 Justin Marks
10 Bob Miller
Car
Audi S4 Comp.
Acura NSX SC
Porsche 911 Cup
Saleen SR
BMW M3
Porsche 911 Cup
Audi S4 Comp.
Corvette ZO6
Porsche 911 Cup
Porsche 911 Cup
Points
272
254
222
207
205
199
174
170
148
146
Purse SEB MOS LRP MOH RAMWDC
$99,000 1
5
6
1
1 6
$74,400 2
2
4
7
3 4
$52,600 -
-
1
3 DNS 1
$31,100
5
6
7
9
6 5
$34,650 3
4
3
4
4 3
$28,675 18
3
2
2
2 2
$15,550
7
7 11
5
7 7
$20,250
9
1
8 21
8 19
$13,100 6
8
9
6 DNS
-
$9,900 19
11 12 14
9 10
Ps. Driver
1 Peter Cunningham
2 Pierre Kleinubing
3 Marc Kirberg(R)
4 Ken Dobson
5 Chuck Hemmingson
6 Will Turner
7 Paul Bonaccorsi
8 Taz Harvey
9 Mike Fitzgerald
10 Shauna Marinus
Car
Acura Integra R
Acura Integra R
BMW 325is
BMW 325Ci
Mazda Protege
BMW 325i
Mazda Protege
Honda Civic Si
Lexus IS 300
Mazda Protege
Points
255
248
205
194
192
191
184
167
159
139
Purse SEB MOS LRP MOH RAM WDC TRV MOS LAG RAT VIR
$64,450 3
9
2 13
3
6
4
7
3
1
6
$66,800 1
3
1
8
2 34 34
8
2
2
1
$31,100 6
6
5 41
4
1
8 10 12 13
3
$35,900 2
1
4 48 32 17
2
5
6
7 17
$26,550 7 16 36
7
8
5
1
4
4
4 36
9
$34,600 2 45
1
6
2 28
3 15 32
8
$32,600 16
7
6
2
1 35 16
1
5 16 31
$20,600 8
5
3
3 30
9
7
9
8 25 21
$17,950 5
8
9
4 28
3
3
2 42 DNS
$16,075 41 18 39
5
5
8 10 26 16
5
5
2003 (GT Class)
Ps. Driver
1 Randy Pobst 2 Bill Auberlen 3 Phil McClure 4 Hans Stuck 5 Mike Fitzgerald 6 Justin Marks 7 David Farmer 8 Michael Galati 9 Boris Said 10 Thomas Oates(R) Car
Audi RS 6
BMW M3
Corvette Z06
BMW M3
Porsche 911 Cup
BMW M3
Corvette Z06
Audi RS 6
BMW M3
Corvette Z06
Points
255
231
213
194
186
168
165
163
161
134
Purse SEB MOS LRP LRP RAT INF RAM LAG RAT PR
$96,600 3
3
3
2
3 15 21
3
1
1
$77,600 5
4
1
1 10 1
9
2 25
5
$42,350 1
1
4
6
5 5 14
-
4
3
$43,100 4
5 24
3
2 3 17
4 12
4
$35,600 2
21
6 DNS
1 8
1
6
2 DNS
$21,050 -
8
5
4
6 4 19
8
7
8
$13,500 11
9 12
8
9 7 10
9
6 15
$27,750 25
16 10 16 13 6
2 11
3
2
$30,975 23
6
2 DNS
4 2
4
5 10 18
$10,875 16
18
7 15 14 12
6 13 15 10
Ps. Driver
1 Bill Auberlen
2 Pierre Kleinubing
3 Will Turner
4 Peter Cunningham
5 Chuck Hemmingson
6 Jeff Altenburg
7 Roger Foo
8 Mike Fitzgerald
9 Matt Plumb(R)
10 Tim Pappas(R)
Car
BMW 325i
Acura RSX-S
BMW 325i
Nissan SE-R
Mazda Protege ES
Mazda Protege ES
Mazda Protege ES
Lexus IS300
BMW 325
Lexus IS300
Points
291
212
170
162
160
147
146
143
124
122
Purse SEB MOS LRP RAT INFMOH RAM LAG RAT
$88,100 1
2
4
1
1 2
3
2
4
$60,600 2
1
1
5 20 35
4 22
1
$18,100 9
4
9 15
6 6
5 11 21
$20,200 15
42 22
6
5 5
1 30
3
$24,275 7
7
7
4 32 3 33
3 18
$36,200 38
40 21
2
2 26
6
1
2
$18,550 3
12
8
8
7 9 11 35
7
$11,700 4
3 23
9 28 4 32 12
8
$16,750 32
6
2 31
- 10
7
-
5
$11,550 6
9 28 14 33 12
2
8 13
TRV LAG RAT VIR
2
4
4
3
9
2
1
4
1
1
2
2
4
6 13
1
14
5 20
9
3 24
7 22
12
7 16
8
8
9
9
6
5
3
6 21
7
8 11 13
The Records
167
PR
1
2
9
4
8
25
10
7
29
2004 (GT Class)
Ps. Driver
1 Tommy Archer
2 Michael Galati
3 Max Angelelli
4 Randy Pobst,
5 Andy Pilgrim
6 Phil McClure
7 Mike McCann(R)
8 Leighton Reese
Tim Wiens
10 Lou Gigliotti
Car
Dodge Viper
Audi RS 6
Cadillac CTS-V
Audi RS 6
Cadillac CTS-V
Corvette Z06
Dodge Viper
Corvette Z06
Dodge Viper
Corvette Z06
Points
240
234
206
204
198
186
149
143
143
135
Purse SEB LRP MOH INF POR MOS MOS RAM RAT LAG
$87,100
4
4
4
3
1
3
6
7
5
3
$72,200
3
2
1 13
9
1
7
1 12 11
$36,000
1
3
6 22 19
4
5
5
1
7
$55,600 26
1
2
7
2
2 21
2 13
4
$23,550
2
5
7
4
4
5
4 14
6 22
3
8 19
3
4 12
$24,350
5
6
31
2
$21,300 11 20
9
8
6 12
8
9 15
8
$16,200
7 25
22
5
7
6
2 15
7 28
$16,600 10 12
28
9
5 13 10 12 10 10
$14,800 13
9
5 20 14 10
3 19
3 27
Ps. Driver
1 Bill Auberlen
2 Nic Jonsson
3 Matt Plumb
4 James Sofronas
5 Peter Cunningham
6 Justin Marks
7 Pierre Kleinubing
8 Jeff Altenburg
9 Bob Stretch
10 Dino Crescentini(R)
Car
BMW 325i
BMW 325Ci
Acura TSX
BMW 325Ci
Sentra SE-R
BMW 325i
Acura TSX
Mazda 6
BMW 325Ci
BMW 325i
Points
251
234
214
196
188
187
174
156
143
130
Purse SEB LRP MOH INF POR MOS MOS RAM RAT LAG
$69,200
1
1
4
1
2
8
3
7 12
8
$45,600
7
2
2
2
1
5
5
5 10 10
$46,700
8
5
1
4
7
2
1
8
7
$26,400
3
7
10
7
5
7
4
2 24
6
$37,700 13
3
3
3 24
4 23
1 22
2
$24,200
5
4
8
5
3 21
7 21
2
5
$39,300
2 20
5 23
8
1 29 DQ
1
4
$43,350
4
8
6 24 10 22 27
3
8
1
$14,650 32 10
29 10
6
3 10
9
6 20
$12,350
9 28
16
6
4
9 22 10
9 21
2005 (GT Class)
Ps.Driver
1 Andy Pilgrim
2 Tommy Archer
3 Robin Liddell
4 Wolf Henzler
5 Max Papis
6 Leighton Reese
7 Stu Hayner
8 Tony Gaples
9 Lou Gigliotti
10 Tim Wiens
Car
Points
Purse
Cadillac CTS-V
248 $27,080
Dodge Viper
242 $55,100
Porsche 911 Cup 214 $27,700
Porsche 911 Cup 210 $31,340
Cadillac CTS-V
188 $25,230
Corvette C6
166 $16,390
Pontiac GTO
158 $12,400
Corvette C6
154 $13,180
Corvette C6
150 $20,740
Dodge Viper
143 $13,970
SEB
2
1
3
4
5
8
29
25
27
9
STP
4
1
2
5
13
24
18
12
3
7
RATMOH
2
5
4
6
15
13
22
1
1
3
5
24
11
9
10
8
23
4
12
25
CLE LRP INF POR DEN MOS LAG
3
6
8 10
4
4
4
12
9
3
4
6
6
3
1
8
5
9
2 11 24
31
5
7
3
1 12 22
18
2 21
8 22 16
1
4
- 19
2
5
8
7
5
4 10
6
9
5
9 10
2 13 12 20
9
26
7
1
- 19
2 23
11 12 17
7 10 19
6
Ps.Driver
Car
Points
Purse SEB STP RAT MOH CLE LRP INF POR DEN MOS LAG
The Records
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Peter Cunningham Randy Pobst
Pierre Kleinubing
Brandon Davis
Eric Curran
Jeff Altenburg
Charles Espenlaub Matt Richmond
Seth Thomas
James Clay
Acura TSX
Mazda 6
Acura TSX
Acura TSX
Acura RSX
Mazda 6
Mazda 6
BMW 325i
BMW 325i
BMW 325i
263
248
243
202
199
196
193
177
159
151
$69,970
$81,300
$72,760
$33,810
$49,200
$51,900
$52,660
$16,920
$13,440
$13,360
1
25
24
11
7
3
31
9
10
5
3
1
2
11
8
5
6
4
25
7
3
9
1
10
6
2
4
7
8
26
3
3
8 10
1
1
6
6
5
7
4
5
7
2
19
8
10
4
9 12
6
2
5
10
3
7
27
15
28
8
9
2
6
7
12
26
10
5
8
4
8
1
16
5
2
12
17
3
7
20
10
7
8
6
1
2
3
12
13
11
2
5
3
14
22
15
1
7
6
4
3
4
6
5
34
19
11
33
10
37
2006 (GT Class)
Ps.Driver
1 Lawson Aschenbach(R)
2 Lou Gigliotti
3 Andy Pilgrim
4 Ricardo Imery(R)
5 Tommy Archer
6 Mike McCann
7 Bob Woodhouse
8 James Sofronas
9 Rob Foster(R)
10 Ron Fellows
Car
Porsche 911 GT3
Corvette C6
Cadillac CTS-V
Porsche 911 GT3
Dodge Viper
Dodge Viper
Dodge Viper
Porsche 911 GT3
Dodge Viper
Cadillac CTS-V
Points
231
225
225
218
206
183
178
156
155
116
Purse SEB STP LBC MOH INFMMP RAM MOS RAT LAG
$68,000 5
1
8
2
8
8
2
6
5
9
$43,950 23
4
4
1 10
1
14
9
6
7
$33,200 2
8
7
5
3
3
7 21
1
8
$32,500 8
3 23
6
1
2
6
8
7
2
$64,500 25 23
2
4
2 20
1
2
2
6
$34,600 1 17
3 23
5
5
4 19
9
4
$25,900 3
5 11 10
7
6
10
5
4 30
$13,400 4
6
5 25
6 12
27
4 17
5
$17,700 9
7
6
7 22
7
12 10 10 11
$18,100 -
-
1
-
-
4
20
3
3
-
Ps.Driver
1 Pierre Kleinubing
2 Randy Pobst
3 Chip Herr
4 Peter Cunningham
5 Eric Curran
6 Brandon Davis
7 Jeff Altenburg
8 Charles Espenlaub
9 Nick Esayian
10 Jeff Courtney(R)
Car
Acura TSX
Mazda 6
Audi A4
Acura TSX
Acura RSX
Acura TSX
Mazda 6
Mazda 6
Acura RSX
Audi A4
Points
286
267
232
228
221
209
208
154
145
140
Purse SEB
$94,200 3
$80,950 2
$31,800 10
$51,275 5
$54,500 11
$48,800 9
$49,200 4
$32,800 DQ
$25,500 7
$11,500 17
168
STP MOH INF MMP DEN RAM MOS RAT LAG
3
2
1
1
3
8
3
4
4
1
5
4
2
8
4
7
1 13
4
1 12 11 21
1
1
2
5
2
6
2 18
7
7
4
8
3
32
9
5
3
2
5
5
3
1
8
7
6
6
1 10
2
5 11
27
3
3
4
4
6 10
7
2
5 27 24
5
5
2 22
6
6
10
8 10
8 11 20 13 14
8
7
4 13 12 12 11
9 10 25
2007 (GT Class)
PS. Driver
1 Randy Pobst
2 Andy Pilgrim
3 Lawson Aschenbach
4 Michael Galati
5 Eric Curran
6 Lou Gigliotti
7 Jeff Courtney
8 Tommy Archer
9 Doug Peterson
10 Rob Foster(T)
Car
Porsche 911 GT-3
Cadillac CTS-V
Cadillac CTS-V
Porsche 911 GT-3
Chevrolet Corvette
Chevrolet Corvette
Dodge Viper
Dodge Viper
Chevrolet Corvette
Chevrolet Corvette
Points
303
287
280
269
190
162
151
143
137
136
Purse SEB LBC MMP LMS WGI TOR MOH MOS RAT LAG
$35,900 7
6
4
3
1
1
2 17
3
2
$30,700 6
2 11
1
4
4
4
4
7
1
$32,000 2
11
6
2
2
6
3
2
1
6
$20,650 4
4
5 14
5 3
5
3
4
3
$33,800 1
1 26 19 23
7
1
1 18 28
$13,900 28
3
2 15
3
9 11
6 26
$8,975 11
13 10
5 15 11 13
9
6 18
$14,400 8
7
1 11
6
5 DSQ
-
-
$9,500 23
8
3 13 12
8 10
7
-
$8,200 16
5
7
4 14 12 15 22 12 23
PS. Driver
1 Jeff Altenburg
2 Randy Pobst
3 Kuno Wittmer
4 Pierre Kleinubing
5 Peter Cunningham
6 Chip Herr
7 James Sofronas(T)
8 Michael Galati
9 Charles Espenlaub
10 Brandon Davis
Car
MAZDA6
MAZDA6
Acura RSX
Acura TSX
Acura TSX
Audi A4
BMW 325Ci
MAZDA6
MAZDA6
Acura TSX
Points
277
259
230
225
220
210
205
174
161
153
Purse SEB MMP LRPWGI1 WGI2 TOR MOH MOS RAT LAG
$71,450 1
1
3
5
3
6
3
6 10
4
$67,700 2
2 11
1
1
4 21
5 15
6
$46,100 7
4
7 20
4
5 10
4
4
2
$48,075 3
3 18
2 21
3
5
3
5 13
$54,100 5
7
5
7 15
1
6 10 17
1
$17,575 4
18
1 10
9 17
2
2 12 21
$23,050 13
6
2
6
2
8
4
9 11
$36,050 11
24
9
4
8
7 15 11
1 16
$28,375 6
8
6
3
5 18
8 21 14 14
$20,550 8
10 14 11 11 13 11 15
9
3
2008 (GT Class)
PS. DRIVER
1 Randy Pobst
2 Andy Pilgrim
3 Brandon Davis
4 James Sofronas
5 Michael Galati
6 Jason Daskalos
7 Michael McCann
8 Jeff Courtney
9 Tony Gaples
10 Eric Curran
CAR
Porsche 911 GT3
Cadillac CTS-V
Ford Mustang Cobra
Porsche 911 GT3
Porsche 911 GT3
Dodge Viper
Cadillac CTS-V
Dodge Viper
Chevrolet Corvette
Chevrolet Corvette
PTS.
983
907
831
750
733
629
620
618
580
554
PURSE SEB LBC MMP WGI MOH RAM MOS DET NJM RAT
$65,700 1
2
4
1
6
3
2
1
7
5
$38,400 2
3
3
2
3 22
6
2
3
3
$39,800 4
1
2 21
2 23 23
3
2
1
$25,250 9
5
9
6
8
4 15
6
1
7
$21,050 3
4 14
3
5 15
3
5
9 14
6
8 12 26 13 17
7
4
6
$13,300 8
$12,700 12
15 10
5
9
6
5
4 20 22
$12,400 5
10
6 13 15
8
7 11
6 24
$10,350 6
14 12 11 10 11
8 17
8 13
$17,475 26
25 30
4 29
2
1 19 18
4
PS. DRIVER
1 Peter Cunningham
2 Pierre Kleinubing
3 Kuno Wittmer
4 Chip Herr
5 Jason Saini(R)
6 Michael Galati
7 Seth Thomas
8 Charles Espenlaub
9 James Clay
10 Charlie Putman
CAR
Acura TSX
Acura TSX
Acura TSX
MAZDA6
MAZDA6
MAZDA6
BMW 325i
MAZDA6
BMW 325i
MAZDA6
PTS.
939
934
930
885
770
711
693
685
626
559
PURSE SEB
$69,900 3
$77,450 1
$84,300 2
$66,100 13
$49,700 9
$51,100 11
$17,050 6
$31,375 4
$20,000 10
$19,650 14
2009 (GT Class)
PS. DRIVER
1 Brandon Davis
2 James Sofronas
3 Tony Rivera
4 Andy Pilgrim
5 Eric Curran
6 Randy Pobst
7 Tony Gaples
8 Sonny Whelen
9 Dino Crescentini
10 Bill Ziegler (R)
CAR
Ford Mustang GT
Porsche 911 GT3
Porsche 911 GT3
Volvo S60
Chevrolet Corvette
Volvo S60
Chevrolet Corvette
Chevrolet Corvette
Porsche 911 GT3
Porsche 911 GT3
PS. DRIVER
1 Pierre Kleinubing
2 Jason Saini
3 Peter Cunningham
4 Seth Thomas
5 Charles Espenlaub
6 Kuno Wittmer
7 Eric Foss (R) 8 James Clay
9 Nick Esayian
10 Patrick Lindsey
CAR
Acura TSX
Mazda6
Acura TSX
BMW 328i
Mazda6
Acura TSX
Mazda3
BMW 328i
BMW 328i
Mazda6
PTS
1012
931
910
851
811
776
568
562
558
552
PURSE SEB LBC NJ MOS WGI AUB MOH RAM RAT LAG
$32,300
3
3
3
2
8
2
1
4
3
4
$28,300
5
1
6
9
3
6
3 15
5
1
$30,200
1
7
5
3
7
5
2
1
4 17
$24,600 12
6
1
4
5
4
1 16
1
5
2
2
3
$25,100
2
2 DSQ
5
2 17 16
$21,900 DNS
8
2
8
4
1
4
6 19
2
$8,600
4
9
7 12
- 19
8 10
8 10
$6,800 11
22
8
7 10 11 10
9 18
9
$14,600 17 DNS
-
6
1 15
5
3
9 18
$5,650
8
12 11 13 11 10 11 11 12 19
PURSE SEB
$81,600
2
$66,700
3
$75,400
9
$37,400
1
$38,400 12
$42,700 13
$28,200
4
$18,400
6
$18,100
5
$13,100
-
NJMOS1MOS2 WGI AUB MOH RAM RAT LAG
5
2
5
6
3
3
1 10
1
1
4
3
8
1
1
4
8
8
2
5
1
5
2
2
6
6
2
14 10
4
1 11
4
8
1
7
11
7
2
2
4
8
2
9
6
4
1
6
7
8
7 10
4 18
6
6
9 11
6
9
5
5 12
7
9 11
9
5 12
7
2
3
9 11
8
4
7
6 11
3
4
-
-
-
-
-
5
3
7 10
169
The Records
PTS
973
960
921
878
847
803
769
767
758
328
VIR MMPLRP1LRP2 WGI MOH RAM MOS RAT
6
4
5
2
2
2
5
3
4
7
2
2
3
3 19
2
6
3
1
3
1
5
9
1 10
4
5
5
8
3
1
5
7
4
5
1
11
1
6 13 10
4
3
2 16
12 17 15 17
1
5 16
1
2
2
7 10
4 14
6
7 12 14
4
5 12 10
4 18 11 10
8
3 16
7 16 12 11
1 13 15
15 12 11 11
8 12 13
8 11
2010 (GT Class) (Starting Position) Finshing Position
PS.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
DRIVER - CAR
Randy Pobst, Volvo S60
Kuno Wittmer, Dodge Viper
James Sofronas, Porsche 911 GT3
Andy Pilgrim, Volvo S60
Jason Daskalos, Dodge Viper
Rob Morgan, Porsche 911 GT3
Jeff Courtney, Dodge Viper
Tony Gaples, Chevrolet Corvette
Dino Crescentini, Porsche 911 GT3
Patrick Lindsey, Porsche 911 GT3
PTS.
1296
1098
1052
1044
888
838
836
759
723
711
S1
(1) 1**
(6) 6
(3) 3
(4) 2
(5)12
(11) 8
(12)10
(13) 9
(2)14
(8) 4
S2
(1)14
(6) 5
(3) 2
(4) 3
(5) 4
(11) 6
(12) 9
(13)10
(2) 1**
(8)15
LB
(2) 6
(1) 1**
(8) 5
(4) 9
(10)12
(13) 8
(9) 7
(16)10
(6) 2
(12)19
M1
(1) 1**
(3) 2
(2)14
(5) 4
(10) 8
(6) 6
(8) 7
(7) 5
(4) 3
M2
(1) 2*
(3) 4
16) 6
(4)16
(6) 3
(13) 8
(9) 7
(11)12
(5) 9
(7) 5
WG
(1) 3*
(4) 2
(6) 7
(13)14
(5) 4
(9)10
(14)12
(7) 8
(8) 6
(3) 5
TR
(1) 1**
(7) 6
(4) 2
(2) 3
(11) 9
(6) 7
(8) 8
(9)10
(5) 5
(3) 4
M1
(5) 7
(6) 4
(1) 2*
(3) 9
(11) 6
(9) 8
(10)13
(8)15
(7) 5
(4) 3
O2
(5) 3
(6)14
(1) 1**
(3) 2
(11) 7
(9) 8
(10) 5
(8) 6
(7)15
(4) 4
V1
(1) 1**
(2) 4
(3) 2
(5) 3
(6) 6
(7) 5
(8) 7
(9) 8
DNS
V2
(3) 2
(2)10
(4) 3
(1) 1**
(6)11
(7) 5
(10) 6
(5) 7
-
MR
(1) 3*
(2) 1**
(7) 5
(3) 2
(6) 6
(8) 7
(4) 4
(5)12
-
O2
(1) 1**
(10) 2
(2) 3*
(9) 8
(3) 4
(5) 6
V1
(1) 4**
(2) 1
DSQ
(4) 2
(5) 3
-
V2
(1) 1**
(2) 2
(4) 3
(5) 4
(6) 5
-
MR
(1) 1*
(4) 4
(6)13
(2) 2**
(3) 3
V1
(2) 2
(4)16
(6) 3
(9) 4
(10) 9
(7) 8
(14)10
(1) 1**
-
V2
(4) 1*
(3)14
(6) 6
(5) 2
(9)15
(8) 3
(12) 7
DSQ
-
MR
(6) 1**
(3) 3
(5)10
(7) 6
-
2010 (GTS Class) (Starting Position) Finshing Position
PS.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
DRIVER - CAR
PTS.
Peter Cunningham, Acura TSX
1466
Nick Esayian, Acura TSX
1252
Ernie Jakubowski(R), Porsche Cayman S 535
Kevin Helms(R), Acura RSX
526
Tyler McQuarrie(R), Lotus Exige S
359
Ben Crosland(R), Ford Mustang FR500S 293
Michael Pettiford, Chevrolet Corvette
275
Tommy Sadler, Acura TSX
266
John Heinricy, Chevrolet Corvette
264
George Winkler(R), Ford Mustang FR500S 241
S1
(1) 1**
(2) 3
(3) 6
(4) 4
-
S2
(1) 1**
(2) 3
(3) 4
(4) 5
-
LB
(2) 6
(3) 2
(1) 1**
(4) 3
DNS
-
M1
(1) 3
(4) 4
(3) 2
(2) 1**
-
M2
(3) 3
(4) 4
(1) 2
(2) 1**
-
WG
(1) 1**
(2) 2
(3) 3
(4) 4
-
TR
(1) 1**
(2) 3
(3) 2*
-
M1
(1) 1**
(2) 2
(3)10
(10) 4
(4) 5
(6) 9
2010 (TC Class) (Starting Position) Finshing Position
PS.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
DRIVER - CAR
Robert Stout(R), Scion tC
Eric Meyer(R), Mazda RX-8
Brett Sandberg(R), Acura TSX
Robb Holland, VW GTI
Dan Gardner(R), Scion tC
Shea Holbrook(R), Honda Civic Si
Michael Pettiford, Volkswagen Jetta GL
Don Istook, Volkswagen GTI
Todd Buras(R), Volkswagen Jetta GLI
Nick Wittmer, Honda Civic Si
PTS.
1317
1022
740
619
595
553
441
428
414
392
S1
S2
(3) 2 (3) 2
(4) 5 (4) 5
(6) 4 (6) 7
(7) 3 (7) 4
(8) 6 (8) 6
(2) 1** (2) 1**
-
LB
M1
(2) 1** (1) 4**
(3) 2 (5) 3
(9) 7
(6) 5
(4) 5 DNS
(8) 6
(1) 3 -
M2
(2) 1*
(6) 5
(7) 7
(3) 3
(8) 8
-
WG
(4) 1**
(1) 7*
(5) 4
(2) 2
(6) 8
(7) 5
-
TR
(3) 3
(2) 2
(4)10
(10) 6
(6) 8
(9) 5
(7) 4
(8) 7
(1) 1**
M1
(8) 4
(15) 3
(9) 6
(2)12
(7)10
(11) 8
(6) 7
(4) 5
O2
(8)10
(14) 8
(9)13
(2)15
(7) 3
(11) 6
(6)14
(4) 9
The Records
LEGEND
S1-St. Pete 1
M2-Mosport 2
O2-Mid-Ohio 2
170
S2-St. Pete 2
WG-Watkins Glen
V1-VIR 1
LB-Long Beach
TR-Toronto
V2-VIR 2
M1-Mosport 1
M1-Mid-Ohio 1
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